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‘Beauty of our planet’: Meline Ellwanger’s journey to nature photography

‘Beauty of our planet’: Meline Ellwanger’s journey to nature photography

From the savannahs of Kenya to the rainforests of Brazil to the wild beauty of Yellowstone, Meline Ellwanger has devoted the past seven years to showing her love of nature through photography. Ellwanger, a senior studying fish and wildlife ecology management, moved to California from Germany when she was 15.

Meet mayoral candidate Douglas Fischer

Meet mayoral candidate Douglas Fischer

While in high school, a teacher told a young Douglas Fischer that democracy works when people show up and get involved. After nine years serving in the public sphere, he is aiming to bring this sentiment to the mayoral seat. Fischer is a journalist-turned-city-commissioner seeking to bring

Meet mayoral candidate John Meyer

Meet mayoral candidate John Meyer

On the front porch of his home, John Meyer told the Exponent why he moved to Montana in 1999. “I came for the mountains and stayed for the people,” he said. Meyer is running for mayor in Bozeman’s upcoming election. A first-generation college graduate, he holds an undergraduate

Streamline Bus seeks community input

As Bozeman’s population continues to grow, the community’s free public bus system, Streamline, is entering a new era of expansion — and it’s asking residents to help guide these improvements by filling out a community survey. Streamline Bus currently offers several Bozeman routes, including the Blueline, Goldline, Purpleline

WARD initiative seeks to address housing crisis

In the early 1980s, a landslide caused a breach in the Mystic Lake Dam south of Bozeman. The eventual collapse of the dam triggered a water crisis in the community that led to the development of a city water adequacy policy, according to Shawn Kohtz, the City of Bozeman’s

MontPIRG seeks to embolden future civic leaders

MontPIRG is a nonpartisan, student-led advocacy group aimed at creating civic leadership through hands-on experience with state and local policymaking, according to Carl Anderson, MontPIRG’s Bozeman-Billings regional director. The organization, which is governed by a board of undergraduate students from MSU and the University of Montana

‘Call the mayor’: students encouraged to engage in local government

The City of Bozeman and Gallatin County governments impact the everyday lives of community members. Because of this, there are many reasons students should get involved in and care about their local government. Bozeman’s city government follows a city manager commission system, according to City Manager Chuck Winn. This