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

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

Good Neighbor Authority

By Hannah Downey

11/30/2021

Over just a few years, Montana has proven a capable leader in conducting forest restoration work on federal lands under a Good Neighbor Authority agreement.

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

Policymakers can help reduce risk of catastrophic forest fires

By Kendall Cotton

09/28/2021

Policymakers can help reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires.

TAGS: environment, forest fires, Montana, PERC: Property and Environment Research Center

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