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

New Survey: The State of Educational Opportunity in Montana

Frontier Institute partnered with 50CAN and Edge Research on a new survey about the state of education opportunity in Montana. This survey provides a unique window into what parents understand to be the strengths and weaknesses of Montana’s education system, and how those views compare to parents across our region and across the country. Here...

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New Survey: The State of Educational Opportunity in Montana

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