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"Montana:
Paradise Lost or Paradise Found?"
But all is not well under the Big Sky. Timber sale appeals, court-sanctioned misuse of the federal Endangered Species Act and an environmentalist-sponsored drive to outlaw harvesting in National Forests have many in Montana worrying about the future of their state's once robust timber economy. Has Paradise been lost or found? The arts and croissant crowd may think it has found Paradise, but if something isn't done soon to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfire in Montana National Forests, it is likely to burn to the ground before their very eyes. Beautifully photographed and generously illustrated, this issue is must reading for anyone who is striving to understand the so-called "War for the West."
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"Outside of Alaska, there is no other United State quite like Montana," writes Evergreen editor, Jim Petersen. "Out here, under the 'Big Sky,' magnificent snowcapped peaks are shouldered by high mountain valleys, some more than a hundred miles long. Out here, on starry nights, earth and sky come together in a great shadowy arc that stretches from horizon to horizon. Out here, where Indian cultures flourished more than 10,000 years ago, endless blue sage plateaus race eastward to join the Great Plains. Out here, where the first fortunes were made in mining and railroading, the big money today is in cattle, wheat, timber and tourism. Out here, where hard work is still a virtue and "beautiful" is a word still reserved for scenery, not people, it is possible to commune with an America long gone from the rest of the country."