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High West Meets American Prairie

The collaboration between High West and APR provides an example of an innovative partnership that leverages shared values and culture to benefit both organizations and help preserve an at-risk ecosystem.

Published on: December 16, 2021

PERC Film Elk in Paradise Wins Prestigious Award

[…] was announced at the 2021 Atlas Network Liberty Forum in Miami. Organized by the Atlas Network, a global network of independent civil society organizations that promote individual freedom and remove barriers to human flourishing, the international competition recognizes successful online videos from the last year. Strong candidates articulate the strategic impact of their video […]

Published on: December 14, 2021

‘Oh, I’ll Keep ‘em Out’

[…] there is great potential for conflict over fencing. As a result, Montana fence law has evolved to treat domestic bison differently than other livestock.  A Field to Study Western fence law would appear to be an esoteric subject. A great deal of academic research, however, has examined fence liability laws because they provide a […]

Published on: December 6, 2021

Whose River Runs Through It?

[…] one type or another. The improved fishery in the Mitchell Slough is also an improvement to the fishery in the Bitterroot River. After all, the fish are free to come and go. Private habitat improvements to the Mitchell Slough fishery in western Montana also improved the Bitterroot River, which the slough flows into. ©Bob […]

Published on: December 6, 2021

Bootleggers and Baptists in ‘Yellowstone’

[…] next to his proposed subdivision. Earlier in the season, the Duttons used dynamite to divert a waterway away from Jenkins’s property in an effort to stymie his plans. Prescott outlines her strategy of “a thousand little cuts” to deal with family patriarch John Dutton. “I’ll reach out to environmental organizations,” she tells Jenkins, explaining […]

Published on: December 6, 2021

Dispossessed

[…] any standard, the BIA is a colossal failure as a government agency and the dead weight of its administrative wreckage represents the single greatest obstacle to the freedom, prosperity, cultural integrity and progress of Native Americans. If the BIA achieved anything approaching its high-flown rhetoric, then we would expect the majority of Native Americans […]

Published on: December 6, 2021

The ‘Yellowstone’ We Know

[…] alongside him are his children, cutthroat banker Beth, former Navy SEAL Kayce, and lawyer Jamie. Rip Wheeler is the loyal ranch manager.  The show is a case study of Old West meeting New West and the conflicts that ensue. Those out to strip the Duttons of their land and their ranching way of life […]

Published on: December 6, 2021

A New Tool to Help Livestock and Wildlife Coexist

[…] access to a 500-acre slice of heaven in Montana’s Paradise Valley. Those acres offer a new, scalable model for private land conservation—one that’s cooperative, flexible, voluntary, and free from reliance on government funding. We call this approach an “elk occupancy agreement,” a voluntary contract that incentivizes a rancher to provide crucial, unobstructed habitat for […]

Published on: December 6, 2021