“Gardiner is a company town and Yellowstone is the mill. If somebody starts screwing with the mill, we have no choice but to be concerned.” On March 1, hundreds of people gathered in Gardiner, Montana ...

“The Park Street businesses here in Gardiner literally sit on Yellowstone’s northern boundary,” said Bierschwale, speaking of the community’s downtown row of saddle shops, galleries, bars and cafes.

On March 1, hundreds of people gathered in Gardiner, Montana, at the northern entrance to Yellowstone National Park. The crowd—which included residents from across the state and current and former ...