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

Harnessing Partnerships To Accelerate Forest Project Environmental Reviews

By Hannah Downey

11/29/2022

"Expanding partnership opportunities for private groups to accelerate approval and implementation of forest restoration projects is a needed step to fix America’s forests."

TAGS: PERC Viewpoints

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 Forest Management Strategy Helping To Save Montana Forests

By Hannah Downey

09/28/2022

"With these treatments applied, the wildfires this summer lacked the fuel sources to grow big and out of control."

TAGS: active forest management, forest fires, 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

Protecting Our Nations Most Cherished Forests Through Active Forest Management

By Hannah Downey

07/26/2022

"Forests across the west are facing similar threats as California’s giant sequoias. By actively working to restore forest ecosystems and reducing fuel buildups, we can preserve our nation's cherished forests."

TAGS: PERC Viewpoints

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

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