The Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) has launched a new conservation law and policy center that aims to promote good stewardship of the land without compromising private landowners’ property rights, including by cutting red tape to lower the risk of wildfires.
Jonathan Wood, PERC’s legal director, told The Epoch Times in a Sept. 22 interview that the center intends to drive collaboration, not the sort of conservation that “pits people against each other” through endless litigation.
Education is one crucial focus for the center. A news release touts PERC’s work with Case Western University on an upcoming Supreme Court case that addresses the Clean Water Act, Sackett v. EPA….