Within the real-world reality of limited resources, some issues do not unite us as a community but instead elicit division. While social fissures rarely spring forth harmonious connections, they do imbibe us with our strongest passion and drama.
Drama flows through Montana’s Powder River fly-over country. Agriculture and the search for Bakken Shale oil and gas have impacted the pallid sturgeon, an ancient species analogous to living dinosaurs. Using a literary approach, the author highlights the plight of...