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The WRFI advantage.
Our mission
The Wild Rockies Field Institute offers academically rigorous, place-based field courses that develop engaged, informed citizens and strong leaders ...
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Our history
In 1993, three visionary graduates of the University of Montana’s Environmental Studies Graduate Program came together with a new vision for academically rigorous, college-level, field-based education. And the Wild Rockies Field Institute was born....
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Our approach
Experiential education aims to take academic subject matter out of the realm of abstraction and ground it in a tangible and relevant context. A well rounded college education....
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WRFI /wer'fee/ n. & adj.
- Acronym and nickname for the Wild Rockies Field Institute
- An independent, nonprofit educational organization that offers affordable, high quality, academically rigorous field courses in some of the most beautiful and interesting landscapes in North America. adj.
- Characterized by a unique combination of fun, rigor, excellence, adventure, participation, value, team spirit, integrity, responsibility, critical thinking and wildness.
From the Field: WRFI's Blog
Colorado Plateau
March 29, 2021
Randy Ramsley: Learning to listen to the land by Renne Baldwin
Cycle the Rockies
May 8, 2020
Advice from a two-time CTR alum
Colorado Plateau
January 5, 2020
Emerging from the Horseshoe by Siena Hester
Colorado Plateau
November 27, 2019
Canyon Culture by Lucy Bock
Fresh from the Field
November 26, 2019
Justification of Mineral Extraction: An Ever-growing Statue of Poo by Nick McDaniel
Fresh from the Field
November 25, 2019
Small Fires by Anna Cockey
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