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OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE OUR STUDENT PROGRAM, AND OTHER RELEVANT PROGRAMMATIC OUTPUTS AS WELL AS CONSERVATION COMMUNICATION. PERC'S COMMUNICATIONS EFFORTS INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT OF CONSERVATION AWARENESS VIDEOS, PLACEMENT OF MEDIA COMMENTARY IN LEADING OUTLETS SUCH AS CBS SUNDAY MORNING, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, NPR, AND OTHER LEADING NATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND LOCAL OUTLETS, AND RELATED EFFORTS.WE ALSO DEVELOP AND PUBLISH AN IN-HOUSE MAGAZINE, PERC REPORTS THAT COVERS TIMELY CONSERVATION INNOVATIONS AND APPROACHES. THE MAGAZINE IS DISTRIBUTED TO OVER 11,000 HOUSEHOLDS AND ORGANIZATIONS. INTERESTED PARTIES MAY REGISTER FOR A FREE SUBSCRIPTION AT WWW.PERC.ORG.

LAW AND POLICY OUTREACH - THE OBJECTIVE OF PERC'S LAW AND POLICY OUTREACH IS TO DISSEMINATE TO TARGETED AUDIENCES THE IDEAS GENERATED BY OUR RESEARCHERS, FELLOWS, VISTING SCHOLARS, AND ENVIROPRENEURS AND EFFORTS OF OUR CONSERVATION INNOVATION LAB. OUR POLICY EFFORTS INCLUDE OUTREACH AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL IN CONGRESS AND THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, AS WELL AS THE STATE LEVEL. PERC CONTINUES TO EXPAND THE IMPACT OF OUR RESEARCH FINDING THROUGH ENGAGING POLICY MAKERS THROUGH OUR LAW AND POLICY CENTER. LAUNCHED IN 2022, IT CONTRIBUTED TO DEVELOPING TIMELY POLICY REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS AS WELL AS PUBLIC COMMENTS AND PARTNER ENGAGEMENTS. THESE RESULTED IN INVITATIONS TO PRESENT BEFORE KEY AUDIENCES, INCLUDING CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY, AND FILING OF AGENCY COMMENTS AND AMICUS BRIEFS. KEY TOPICS IN POLICY ADVANCEMENT INCLUDE FOREST MANAGEMENT REFORMS TO REDUCE CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRE, ENDANGERED SPECIIES RECOVERY, WATER MANAGEMENT AND RECOVERY OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE, FUNDING OF OUR NATIONAL PARKS AND PUBLIC LANDS, MIGRATION ROUTES, AND MORE. LEGAL EFFORTS INCLUDED ADVANCING ENDANGERED SPECIES RECOVERY. FURTHER DETAILS CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE. WWW.PERC.ORG.