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Our Land, Our River?

This special edition of PERC Reports uses the hit television show “ Yellowstone’s” portrayals of the Rocky Mountain West to examine real-world western issues. Explore the full issue here.  In the series premiere of “Yellowstone,” bankers and land developers sit in a dimly lit conference room above downtown Bozeman, discussing their plans for a […]

Published on: December 6, 2021

Whose River Runs Through It?

This special edition of PERC Reports uses the hit television show “ Yellowstone’s” portrayals of the Rocky Mountain West to examine real-world western issues. Explore the full issue here.  Beth Dutton, daughter of Yellowstone Dutton Ranch patriarch John Dutton, skids to a stop on a bridge over an unnamed river on her family’s land […]

Published on: December 6, 2021

Yellowstone’ and the Endangered Species Act

This special edition of PERC Reports uses the hit television show “ Yellowstone’s” portrayals of the Rocky Mountain West to examine real-world western issues. Explore the full issue here.  Near the end of “Yellowstone” Season 1 (Episode 7), John Dutton catches a busload of tourists trespassing on his property to photograph a grizzly bear. […]

Published on: December 6, 2021

Securing a Future for Wolves in the West

This special edition of PERC Reports uses the hit television show “ Yellowstone’s” portrayals of the Rocky Mountain West to examine real-world western issues. Explore the full issue here.  “That’s $1,800 I can’t stand to lose,” rancher Randy Paulson tells Steve Hendon, a livestock agent for the Montana Livestock Association, during Season 2 of […]

Published on: December 6, 2021

Bootleggers and Baptists in ‘Yellowstone

This special edition of PERC Reports uses the hit television show “ Yellowstone’s” portrayals of the Rocky Mountain West to examine real-world western issues. Explore the full issue here.  “Yellowstone” is a gripping drama that has won a large audience by telling stories that stay true to human nature. Precisely for that reason, the […]

Published on: December 6, 2021

Dispossessed

This special edition of PERC Reports uses the hit television show “ Yellowstone’s” portrayals of the Rocky Mountain West to examine real-world western issues. Explore the full issue here.  Monica Long, a character ostensibly of Crow or Blackfoot descent, is offered an associate professorship by the president of Montana State University in “Yellowstone’s” Season […]

Published on: December 6, 2021

The ‘Yellowstone’ We Know

This special edition of PERC Reports uses the hit television show “ Yellowstone’s” portrayals of the Rocky Mountain West to examine real-world western issues. Explore the full issue here.  People are watching “Yellowstone.” Lots of people. The Season 4 premiere of the blockbuster television series drew nearly 15 million viewers in one night. It […]

Published on: December 6, 2021

Giving Greater Yellowstone’s Elk More Room to Roam

This special edition of PERC Reports uses the hit television show “ Yellowstone’s” portrayals of the Rocky Mountain West to examine real-world western issues. Explore the full issue here.  Montana’s Paradise Valley is known to many as the home of rancher John Dutton in the hit television series “Yellowstone.” But for those of us […]

Published on: December 6, 2021

A New Tool to Help Livestock and Wildlife Coexist

[…] unobstructed habitat for elk and other wildlife on private lands while reducing conflict between elk and cattle. In this case, the agreement was co-created by the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Property and Environment Research Center, and a local family ranch. In return for funding to construct a 1.25-mile wildlife-friendly fence, the ranching family has agreed […]

Published on: December 6, 2021