Perspectives on Kenya from a Montana Rancher
Perspectives on Kenya from a Montana Rancher So how does a rancher/logger (the order of which depends on which profession is supplementing the other) from western Montana come to find himself in Kenya with another rancher/scholar (Johnny Sundstrom) and a group of academics with varying degrees in varying disciplines? Well I guess it all starts with […]
Blackfoot Challenge Summit in Montana
By: Johnny Sundstrom and Kelsey Silver, Fellows Cohort 8 Earlier this year, Johnny Sundstrom of the Suislaw Institute in Oregon, and Paul Meiliara of SORALO (South Rift Landowners Association) in Kenya, travelled to Montana for a two-day get-together with the BlackFoot Challenge, hosted by Gary Burnett, Executive Director. This was directly following the highly successful Symposium […]
Community-based Conservation and a Utopic Vision in Montana
By: R. Patrick Bixler, Fellows Cohort 2 The Rocky Mountain West with its vast expanse of open spaces and abundant natural resources has always held the allure of being a place for utopic visions. It was here where the manifest destiny of a young nation unfolded (embodying the positives and negatives of the ideology of […]
