Articles by Becky Bohrer

47 articles since 2000

For `Most Beautiful Roadway,’ an Ugly Fight Over Repairs

News | By Becky Bohrer | May 14, 2006
It’s been called the most beautiful roadway in America, a breathtaking, high-altitude byway that winds through parts of Montana and Wyoming and links tiny tourist towns to Yellowstone National Park. Read more
 

`Freemen’ Standoff Saw Mutual Fear

News | By Becky Bohrer | April 9, 2006
People here are friendly enough until a stranger brings up the “freemen.” Read more
 

1999 Land Deal Fails to Create Safe Haven for Montana Bison

News | By Becky Bohrer | November 6, 2005
For many, a $13-million land deal represented the best hope for creating a safe haven for bison that stray from Yellowstone National Park each winter. Read more
 

Politely Stealing Pieces of History

News | By Becky Bohrer | March 20, 2005
Virginia Heaton had barely opened the Daniels County Museum and Pioneer Town to tourists for the day when he arrived – nice-looking, polite, eager to see the antique car collection. Read more
 

Hunters Blame Wolves for Drop in Elk Near Yellowstone

News | By Becky Bohrer | March 13, 2005
Hunters and outfitters blamed wolves when they began seeing fewer elk in areas near the park in the decade after gray wolves returned. Read more
 

Wolves’ Return a Howling Success, but Foes Just Howl

News | By Becky Bohrer | January 23, 2005
It was a frigid January day when the doors to the small crates finally opened and the first gray wolf bolted into the wilds of Idaho. Read more
 

Public Records Privatized by National Security Fear

News | By Becky Bohrer | December 5, 2004
When Teton County Commissioner Bill Paddleford heard a researcher discuss the possibility that part of Jackson Lake Dam could liquefy in a large earthquake, he was both worried and miffed. Read more
 

Cities Scramble to Cope With the Loss of Police Program

News | By Becky Bohrer | October 17, 2004
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National Park Visitors Must Pack Their Patience for Traffic Jams

News | By Becky Bohrer | September 5, 2004
Stuck in a long line of vehicles near a construction site, Darby Long took the delay in stride this hot August day. Read more
 

Seeking Coexistence With Predators

News | By Becky Bohrer | August 22, 2004
While some of their neighbors opposed reintroduction of the Mexican gray wolf, Arizona cattle producers Will and Jan Holder came to embrace it. Read more
 
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