“Pulled from the Brink”
By Scott McMillion
Montana Quarterly
Spring 2012
Private herds helped save America’s wild bison. Today, bison restoration remains a largely private matter.
The (Surprisingly) Quiet Bison Hunt
By Scott McMillion
Montana Outdoors
November/December, 2009
Unlike 20 years ago, there has been little uproar over the recent hunting of wild buffalo emerging from Yellowstone National Park. Why?
“Ted Turner Puts his Money where his Heart Is”
By Scott McMillion
Bozeman Daily Chroncile
April 17, 2008
Photography by Erik Petersen
Through his philanthropy and his activism, Ted Turner, at 69, is working on hunger, malaria, global warming, red-cockaded woodpeckers, nuclear annihilation and the volunteer fire department at the tiny town of Alder, Montana. Plus he’s writing a book, skiing at Big Sky and hoping to hear the howl of a wild wolf before he dies.
“An Uncommon Prairie Occurrence”
By Scott McMillion
Montana Quarterly
Summer 2005.
The prairie out here eats optimists. Surivors in this climate have learned to hunker down, expect the worst and live like a prickly pear: close to the ground, where you can save your juices. Thorns have a purpose.

