Pippel took these photographs of a mother mountain lion and her kittens west of Bozeman. Think of it: there are grizzlies, wolves, cougars and major ungulates inhabiting the edge of the fastest-growing micropolitan city in America, but for how long? In less than 20 years when Bozeman/Gallatin Valley are expected to double in population and reach 220,000 people will space have been made on the landscape to prevent this generation from squandering from what now resides in its wild backyard?
Pippel took these photographs of a mother mountain lion and her kittens west of Bozeman. Think of it: there are grizzlies, wolves, cougars and major ungulates inhabiting the edge of the fastest-growing micropolitan city in America, but for how long? In less than 20 years when Bozeman/Gallatin Valley are expected to double in population and reach 220,000 people will space have been made on the landscape to prevent this generation from squandering from what now resides in its wild backyard?