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where the sky goes on forever... where everyone must bend to the land... where to hunt, to fish, to sleep under that big sky arent activities, but a way of life. - it was between here and those mountains that cheyenne and crow battle took place. but i like it. its very peaceful, huh? - what was it like 100 years ago, 200 years ago? - oh, not much different. this was never forested. this is the dry side of the river, cause the primary winds come from the west. and rain tends to blow ove...

>> mount view on three. one, two, three! >> mount view! >> some people must live in great spaces, where the sky goes on forever, where everyone must bend to the land. where to hunt, to fish, to sleep under that big sky arent activities, but a way of life. >> it was right here in those mountains that the cheyenne and crow battle took place. but i like it. its very peaceful. >> what was it like a hundred years ago? two hundred years ago? >> oh, not much different. this was never forested...

Here are some of the people fighting efforts to conserve a vital resource that’s disappearing across the United States.

Then there are those that are using social media to warn others about the dangerous animals we have here in Montana.

Then there are those that are using social media to warn others about the dangerous animals we have here in Montana.

Then there are those that are using social media to warn others about the dangerous animals we have here in Montana.

All this belongs to one man-- this guy, bill galt. - okay, were about a half mile from the confluence of rock crick and the smith river. bourdain: galt ranch is 100,000 acres of grazing land, mountains, cliffs, and valleys. theres also some of the best trout fishing on the planet. - bill, the water level on the crick looks good. bourdain: this is bills friend, the author and journalist david mccumber. they disagree on land use-- a major issue. remember when you could do that and still be friends...

>> who owns this land? can anyone really own it? who gets to use it? these are big questions that cut across traditional ideological lines out here, where they have real meaning, not theoretical meaning. all this belongs to one man. this guy, bill galt. >> okay. were about a half mile from the confluence of rock creek and the smith river. >> galt ranch is a hundred thousand acres of grazing land, mountains, cliffs, and valleys. theres also some of the best trout fishing on the planet. >> bill, t...

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Galt Ranch, an hour outside of Helena near a tiny town called Martinsdale, would take a cop coming from the nearest police station about 40 minutes to reach if something