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  • Hunting for elk solutions in Devil's Kitchen

    Amanda Eggert

    October 13, 2022 |

    Montana Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Montana

    In Montana, landowners, hunters, outfitters, and biologists created the Devil’s Kitchen Working Group to facilitate conversations about elk management which led to a successful management framework that has been relatively unchanged for years.

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  • Broods in the woods

    Amanda Eggert

    October 21, 2020 |

    Montana Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Billings, Montana

    Nature-based preschools are gaining traction in Montana and are increasing in demand due to the pandemic. Fledglings, in Billings, and Foxtail Förskola, in Whitefish, are two preschools offering kids the opportunity to learn and play in an environment meant to foster "risky play," which means letting kids participate in activities where there is a physical risk, like climbing trees, in order to help strengthen their confidence and resiliency. Natural Start Alliance, an organization which supports outdoor education, reports that the number of these schools has rapidly increased to 585 over the last decade.

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  • Telemedicine and Montana's digital divide

    Amanda Eggert

    September 03, 2020 |

    Montana Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Orlando, Florida

    What started as a small group of young adults wanting to help their aging parents navigate telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic, is now a multi-state program that provides devices to seniors and low-income people as a way to close the digital divide. The group has grown to over 300 volunteers and partners with local health care providers, who in turn help their patients set up their new devices provided by the organization.

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  • Living with Fire Part 3: Private-sector approaches to a public problem

    Amanda Eggert

    July 11, 2019 |

    Montana Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Bozeman, Montana

    Wildfire Defense Systems is hired by insurance companies to send firefighting crews throughout 20 states to protect insured property at risk from wildfires. The company justifies its services as a needed supplement to overworked, publicly funded wildfire-fighting crews. Critics say it gives rich homeowners an unfair advantage. Since its founding in 2008, it has responded to nearly 600 fires, protecting millions of properties and saving insurance companies more than $750 million in potential claims.

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