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2/2 #Bestof2022: Tales of Western Law and the TV show, "Yellowstone." @Brian Yablonski, @PERCtweets Property, Environment Resource Center, Bozeman, Montana.

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🗓️ 26 May 2023

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2/2 #Bestof2022: Tales of Western Law and the TV show, "Yellowstone." @Brian Yablonski, @PERCtweets Property, Environment Resource Center, Bozeman, Montana.

https://www.perc.org/perc_reports/volume-4-no-2-winter-2021/


Yellowstone,” starring Kevin Costner, is one of the most popular shows on television. The action-packed drama follows the travails of a prominent Montana ranching family as they confront an onslaught of challenges to their way of life. The show sparked renewed interest in the American West and a creative idea at PERC. After bringing together researchers, practitioners, and policy experts—and even some “Yellowstone” cast members—for a PERC workshop this past summer, this special issue of PERC Reports was born. In it, we use “Yellowstone’s” portrayals of the Rocky Mountain West to examine real-world western issues.

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0:00.0

Elevates your summer nights with all the indulgence of the new Magnum double star chaser

0:07.0

with cracking chocolate, popcorn flavor and rich caramel sauce for the night.

0:15.0

Pleasure is always on.

0:17.0

Magnum, true to pleasure.

0:20.0

This is CBS I Am the World, I'm John Barser.

0:26.0

It is a pleasure to speak to Brian Yablonsky, the CEO of Perk, the property environment and research center in Bozeman, Montana,

0:33.0

which is adjacent to Yellowstone Park, although you have to drive a bit, but this is Montana.

0:39.0

You go to the city of Levingston and turn right, and you head down the Paradise Valley and you'll come to Yellowstone.

0:46.0

There are bears in Yellowstone, thankfully, the tourists look for them.

0:51.0

But there's an episode where one of our heroes comes across two tourists who are not long for this world.

0:57.0

They've been seeking shelter from the bear and they have the foolish idea that if they hang over a cliff, the bear will leave them alone.

1:04.0

Well, gravity doesn't.

1:06.0

However, the bear then charges our hero who shoots him.

1:09.0

What happens then, Brian?

1:11.0

What's the law of shooting a grizzly bear?

1:14.0

Well, so the grizzly bear is a listed species on the endangered species list.

1:19.0

So there's all kinds of hell if you shoot a grizzly bear because they are considered one of the protected animals that are moving through the Yellowstone ecosystem.

1:28.0

And there's actually a great quote.

1:30.0

The sheriff in the show shows up and he tells John Dutton because this because this bear has been shot on the Dutton ranch that this was the sheriff says he says when someone kills a bear,

1:41.0

10,000 vegans and letters to their conks and letters to their congressmen, you should have buried the thing in a hole before I got here because I ain't the problem the feds are.

1:51.0

Yes, what we have here is a dead bear and a man who saved his life shooting him. Is that a debate?

1:59.0

It's not, but it's complicated, right?

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