Fixing Forest Litigation

By Hannah Downey

10/30/2023

"Reasonable reforms like these are needed to make litigation and injunctions less disruptive and fix America’s forests."

TAGS: active forest management, forest management

The Role of Forest Restoration

By Hannah Downey

07/26/2023

"With proactive efforts to restore our forests, we can begin to tackle the wildfire crisis."

TAGS: c, forest management, PERC Viewpoints

Solving the Wildfire Crisis Through Good Business

By Hannah Downey

06/27/2023

"While the federal and state government oversee many wildfire prevention and suppression efforts, private businesses are also emerging as much-needed leaders in the space."

TAGS: forest management, PERC Viewpoints

Protecting The Right To A Clean & Healthful Environment With Better Forest Management

By Kendall Cotton

06/23/2023

"Leaders must dramatically increase the pace and scale of active forest management or our right to a clean and healthy environment will continue to be put at risk."

TAGS: forest management

Catastrophic Wildfires Threaten Clean And Healthy Environment

By Kendall Cotton

06/19/2023

"It’s time for our leaders to prioritize active forest management to mitigate the growing threat of catastrophic fires and secure Montanans’ fundamental right to a clean and healthy environment."

TAGS: forest management

Opportunities To Fix Forests In The Farm Bill

By Hannah Downey

05/23/2023

"Fixing our forests will ultimately require cutting through the environmental red tape that prevents many forest-restoration projects from getting off the ground or stalls them until they go up in flames."

TAGS: forest management, PERC Viewpoints

Time’s Up On The Cottonwood Fix

By Hannah Downey

04/03/2023

"The expiration of the temporary fix is a serious setback to forest restoration in Montana and around the West."

TAGS: forest management, PERC Viewpoints

Montana’s Path To Burning Back Better

By Hannah Downey

02/28/2023

"Fixing America’s Forests will require a variety of tools, but Montana has a substantial opportunity to expand the use of prescribed fire on private lands."

TAGS: forest management, PERC Viewpoints

Montana Can Control Its Own Wildfire Destiny

By Kendall Cotton

02/13/2023

"With proactive measures like these to expand Montana’s forest restoration and wildfire response capabilities, we can take our wildfire destiny back into our own hands."

TAGS: forest management

Forest Management Requires ‘Good’ Fire

By Hannah Downey

10/25/2022

"Prescribed burns, especially done in conjunction with mechanical treatments, proved their value as a proactive tool in controlling wildfires in Montana this summer."

TAGS: active forest management, forest management, PERC Viewpoints

The Cottonwood Fix Means A Return To Healthy Forests

By Hannah Downey

08/30/2022

"The Cottonwood decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in 2015 emphasizes how litigious groups have weaponized the Endangered Species Act to prevent forest management projects."

TAGS: forest management, PERC Viewpoints, PERC: Property and Environment Research Center

Waiting To Burn

By Hannah Downey

06/28/2022

"Even when public land managers, officials and researchers agree that this mitigation work is needed on a landscape, the tools that reduce wildfire severity face a long, bureaucratic process of approvals and delays."

TAGS: forest management, PERC Viewpoints

Active Forest Management Combats Catastrophic Fire

By Kendall Cotton

06/20/2022

"As we approach fire season we should reject calls to abandon the science and instead double down on the best tools currently at our disposal — expanding active forest management to address our yearly wildfire crisis."

TAGS: active forest management, forest management

The Irony Of A Burn Ban

By Hannah Downey

05/24/2022

"Policymakers must ask whether the minuscule risk of an escaped prescribed burn is worth doing nothing, allowing fuels to build up and putting the forest at a higher risk of an all-consuming destructive wildfire."

TAGS: active forest management, forest management, PERC Viewpoints, PERC: Property and Environment Research Center

Red Tape Prevents Old-Growth Forest Restoration

By Hannah Downey

04/26/2022

"Protecting old-growth forests from wildfire risks is a worthy cause, but simply spending more money on existing bureaucratic processes will not solve the problem."

TAGS: active forest management, forest fires, forest management, PERC Viewpoints

The Dawn of Education Freedom in Montana?

In October, an unprecedented event took place. Twenty-six charter school applications were submitted to the Montana Board of Public Education (BPE) for consideration. These 26 applications represent a remarkable statewide initiative to introduce charter schools to the Treasure State, something the education establishment has resisted for 31 years. During that time, 45 other states have...

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