MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
CMR Refuge was established in 1936, under FDR's Secretary of the Interior, Harold L. Ickes.
A proposed management plan for the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge would modify proposed wilderness areas — reducing acreage in the preferred alternative — and put fire and cows to work to enhance wildlife habitat. That proposal drew 25,000 comments. The article is an in-depth look at the plan and its impact on Montana, the existing wildlife and future preservation of the area. It is as important as Yellowstone and Glacier.