On June 24, Bozeman, my hometown, was declared an All-American “Top Ten” city. Mayor Youngman proudly announced that the award was due to our “unusually effective ways of working together to solve problems”. I feel proud to be part of a community that works together to solve problems. However, I now wonder if we truly […]
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Recently, my wife and I were dinner guests in a beautiful home. Like hundreds of others, it’s built in on a forested hill on the edge of the Gallatin National Forest. It is enclosed by trees which nearly brush the house. When a forest fire makes a run up their slope, their house is likely […]
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Planning for an unknown future, the only kind we have, is indeed difficult. For many of us westerners, it’s also vexing. The past we knew and loved is rapidly eroding and what lies ahead is ever more amorphous. The world’s economic integration profoundly effects even the most remote and traditional ranching valleys. Throughout the Rockies […]
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