Nature itself becomes a vehicle for economic gain through privatizing a huge swath of ecologically sensitive public land for billions of dollars in desirable land development and real estate construction, and providing private recreation services to those able to pay the exorbitant price. And despite romantic praise and emulation of the small Western community outside its gates, the reality is that their connections with these rural people are often motivated by economic exchange and services rendered, and actual levels of charitable giving by the Yellowstone Club Foundation are relatively
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