October 2024 Magazine

For more than a quarter of a century, the Buffalo Field Campaign (BFC) has been working in the Greater Yellowstone Bioregion to protect the last wild, free-ranging herd of bison in the United States. Although the nearly 3500 square miles of Yellowstone National Park offer some protections, even that expanse is not enough to offer sufficient winter forage for the Park’s herds of deer, elk, moose, and a bison population that ranges between 3,000 and 6,000 animals.  

David Brooks takes the reader on a journey to the past, to a time when self-sacrifice conjoined with self-effacement created a moral ethos that was the de facto standard for the American culture. He homes-in on the principles of rendering good service, of doing what is good for the community, and paying homage to the greater good. 

Reno, Nevada has the dubious distinction of being identified as the fastest-warming city in the country due to greenhouse gas emissions, and in recent years Hendrickson’s young patients are increasingly suffering from the effects of wildfire smoke, heat exhaustion, asthma, and even dangerous new virus outbreaks.