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A Mountain of a Problem

September 3, 2018 Jacob Lunsford

There are many types of environmental problems that not only the Bitterroot Valley of Montana is facing, but the entire…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

Saving Big Sky for Future Generations

Sean Jungst

“Montana is perhaps the least damaged of the lower 48 states” (Diamond, 30). We are fortunate to live in such…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

Environment of Greed

Rachel Bragg

The Bitterroot Valley of Montana is full of paradoxes, it is beautiful with its flora, yet these plants can actively…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

Environmental Change In The Bitterroot Valley: Too Close To Home

Seamus Andersen

The Bitterroot Valley is currently faced with numerous problems today as stated by Jared Diamond himself. In Diamond’s book Collapse…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

Forests, rivers, farming and a lack of public civil discourse.

Noah Hense 1 Comment

Currently the Bitter Root Valley faces issues of low quantity and quality of water, depleting profitability of agriculture, environmental damage…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

Nothing New Under the Big Sky

Cole Satrom

Jared Diamond argues in his chapter, Under the Montana’s Big Sky, that all of the environmental issues facing the Bitterroot…

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Under the Big, Mining Sky

John Stoppler

In “Under Montana’s Big Sky”, Diamond writes about many of the environmental problems that the Bitterroot valley faces which many,…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

Mountains & Mines

September 2, 2018 Daniel Alexander

The Bitterroot Valley in Southwestern Montana faces many environmental problems as much of the rest of the world does. One…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

Montana In Mayhem

Jacob Kelley

The bitterroot valley of western Montana has been and is currently effected by many different environmental issues. These issues are…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

Nature versus Nurture: Which Allowed for European Colonization

August 29, 2018 Jen Dunn 121 Comments

In his discussion with Jared Diamond, Yali commented on the differing “lifestyles” between white colonists and native New Guineans.  For…

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