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Katie Hill is a freelance environmental journalist and writer covering wildlife, hunting and science. She has written for Outdoor Life, MeatEater and others. Katie calls western Montana home but is temporarily living in Austin, Texas.
Scenes from a Wyoming wild game potluck amid a climate crisis.