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The Real Yellowstone
This Isn't TV. It's the Fight to Keep the Real West Alive.
The Real Yellowstone isn't a Hollywood fantasy. It's the raw, true story of the people who live it -- and the land they're being pushed off of.
ABOUT US:
Shepherds of Wildlife: Telling the Truth Others Won't
We make hard-hitting films that expose the truth about wildlife, people, and the land they share. Through real stories, we fight for rural voices, sustainable use, and human dignity. Your support helps us screen these stories where they matter most — on the front lines of conservation.
Our work goes beyond headlines and hashtags. We expose what’s really happening on the ground — from misguided trophy bans and ranchers being pushed off the land, to communities fighting to live with wildlife. This is conservation with consequences. If you want the truth. If you care about conservation that works -- not politics or fiction -- join the mission.
📚What You’ll Learn:
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The real impact of conservation laws on rural people and wildlife
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Why sustainable use is essential to both ecology and dignity
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What the media gets wrong about ranching, hunting, and the wild
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Raw stories from keepers, rangers, ranchers, and tribal leaders
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How to take action and influence real change
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Behind-the-scenes insights from our films, books, and global screenings
Here What Conservation Experts Have to Say About the Film
This isn’t feel-good fiction. It’s a wake-up call.
From biologists to boots-on-the-ground keepers, the response has been powerful.
''The very foundation for quality of life comes from the Good Earth. Dedicated families of hands-on conservation walk the sacred ground with love, respect, reverence, passion and duty to monitor the biodiversity that produces our quality air, soil and water. The wildlife we cherish is the canary in the coal mine and The Real Yellowstone beautifully identifies the physics of spirituality relationship that the hunting, fishing, trapping, ranching, farming, conservation warriors live and breathe and fight for. It is truly a masterpiece celebrating and honoring God's miraculous creation and our duty to her.''
— Ted Nugent (USA)
"Montana is called the Last Best Place and is known around the globe for its western values and way of life. But whose values? Whose way of life? This is much more complicated than catchy bumper sticker phrases. Characteristic of a Tom Opre film, The Real Yellowstone dives deep into topical issues facing Montana, the west, wildlife, people, and the rural way of life. He nailed it.''
— Gray N. Thornton, conservationist, hunter, President & CEO, Wild Sheep Foundation.
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