"Big Sky is a strange town, in the sense that it's not really a town." MetaFilter By: box 2 May 2024 at 16:25 Slippery Slope: How Private Equity Shapes a Ski Town (Nick Bowlin for Harper's)
Yellowstoneβs Wolves: A Debate Over Their Role in the Parkβs Ecosystem NYT: Science By: Jim Robbins 23 April 2024 at 03:00 New research questions the long-held theory that reintroduction of such a predator caused a trophic cascade, spawning renewal of vegetation and spurring biodiversity. Β© Diane Renkin/National Park ServiceSome say that the wolvesβ contribution to ecological improvements in Yellowstone were only one piece of a larger picture and that grizzly bears, beavers and even humans played a role.