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Colorado Plateau: Desert Canyons & Cultures
(Spring Semester)
Southwest Climate Studio Art: Change and Resilience in the American Southwest
(Spring Course)
Cycle the Rockies; Energy & Climate Change in MT
(Summer Course)
Environmental Ethics; Climate Change & Visions of a Sustainable Future
(Summer Course)
Montana Afoot and Afloat: Human/Land Relations
(Fall Semester)
Restoration Ecology in Greater Yellowstone
(Summer Course)
Wild Rockies: Conservation Across Boundaries
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Beth Porter: The Coal We Burn

July 31, 2017
  • Cycle the Rockies,
  • Fresh from the Field
Two things that have never failed me on our journey through Montana are the nightly series of lilac sky sunsets, encompassing fiery red and pink clouds and a lingering lightness,
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Mia Tompkins: A Different Kind of Success

July 30, 2017
  • Cycle the Rockies,
  • Fresh from the Field
I decided while on the Cycle the Rockies Course to try to quit coffee cold turkey despite being strongly dependent on the magic roasted beans each morning. Even though I
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Beth Porter: Moonlighting as a Cyclist

July 29, 2017
  • Cycle the Rockies,
  • Fresh from the Field
As each member of our group clumsily hopped on their loaded bikes in Billings, eager and unprepared, and as we faced the many grueling miles we had ahead, the end
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Mia Tompkins: False Summits

July 28, 2017
  • Cycle the Rockies,
  • Fresh from the Field
A short man with a furrowed brow emerged from an old rickety wooden building. We were nearly 20 miles from the nearest town, out of water, and I was beginning
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Hailey Moll: Walking in Two Worlds

July 27, 2017
  • Fresh from the Field,
  • Wild Rockies: Conservation Across Boundaries
Our guide at the Ktunaxa Interpretive Center, Jared, led us down a long hallway that was warmly lit with refurbished wood fixtures and plush Oriental rugs padding the floors. The
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Stephanie Fisher: A Whole New Light

July 26, 2017
  • Cycle the Rockies,
  • Fresh from the Field
Breathing heavily, sweating profusely and looking back on my personal trials of life, things have certainly not been quite this easy. Now, more than ever, as I rely on human
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Liv Sears: It’s a Breeze

July 25, 2017
  • Cycle the Rockies,
  • Fresh from the Field
In 2005 Montana’s first wind farm, operated by Invenergy Services, took shape among the rolling hills of Judith Gap. Our group was given the opportunity to visit the farm as
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Emma Thompson: An Eye Opening Experience

July 20, 2017
  • Cycle the Rockies,
  • Fresh from the Field
I’ve always been intrigued by Montana. In elementary school my family would make the trek from Austin, TX to Bozeman, MT to visit Jim Adams and his partner, Mary. Longtime
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Biophilia: a solution for change by Stephanie Fisher

July 19, 2017
  • Cycle the Rockies,
  • Fresh from the Field
It’s February in Montana, 23 degrees below zero. A gentleman by the name of Hal Herring skis and sometimes stomps post-holes through the Bob Marshall Wilderness collecting snow samples this
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Allison Ranusch: Dog Days

July 13, 2017
  • Fresh from the Field,
  • Wild Rockies: Conservation Across Boundaries
Meeting with author and field ecologist, Cristina Eisenberg, was more than inspiring. Maybe it was her passion for all the research projects she has going on; maybe it was because
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  • Value and Utility by Sydney Pastore

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As someone who has never been in the backcountry before this course, I can honestly say it is a life-changing experience. There's something about learning about the places you're surrounded by that can't be beat. WRFI provided the best course I've ever taken and I loved every minute of it!

Kayla Behnke, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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