[This is part 16 in a series on wildlife diseases in Greater Yellowstone —Eds.]
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Thank goodness in Montana we think and protect habitat. Unfortunately, we are connected to this mess in Wyoming by an unbroken chain of elk herds. Please Wyoming stop artificially feeding elk.
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