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Colorado Plateau: Desert Canyons & Cultures
(Spring Semester)
Southwest Climate Studio Art: Change and Resilience in the American Southwest
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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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Allie Leber: Learning to Dance in the Rain

December 15, 2017
  • Fresh from the Field,
  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
In all of my 16 and a half years of education, it wasn’t until I started taking adventure classes in college that I realized how rarely we are asked to
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Zoe: Water is Life

December 15, 2017
  • Colorado Plateau,
  • Fresh from the Field
Listening. To the wind, whipping the Colorado River into a frothy turquoise skin. To the sound of rain pattering across my sleeping bag.  To the slow hollow slap of Lake
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Emma Thompson: Setbacks and Successes

December 14, 2017
  • Cycle the Rockies,
  • Fresh from the Field
Gears grinding under the weight of heavy bags, hearts pounding and breathing heavy, we slowly fought our way up a gradual hill towards the capital city, Helena. Our 36 mile
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Danielle Sidor: Real Food

December 13, 2017
  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
It’s funny how road tripping and being in the backcountry for two months has brought me to realize how much food plays an important role in shaping who we are.
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Kimberly Rivers: An Old Question with a New Answer

December 10, 2017
  • Environmental Ethics,
  • Fresh from the Field
Every summer of my life has been spent in my home state – North Carolina – and that has been very comfortable. Easy trips to the beach and long days
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Jumbo: The Grizzly Bear’s home by Isabella Kallfelz

December 9, 2017
  • Wild Rockies: Conservation Across Boundaries
Envision a pristine, sacred, protected land stretching for miles on end, providing a home for the grizzly bear, an important spiritual site for the Ktunaxa people, and a place for
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Kiki Kane-Owens: The Universality of Biophilia

December 8, 2017
  • Fresh from the Field,
  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
One morning during our backpack in the wooded wilderness of the Big Snowy Mountains near Lewistown, MT I woke up to a pink morning sky and the remnants of the
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  • Navigating Canyons and Career Paths by Sierra Deimling
  • The Line Between Two Worlds by Zoe Transtrum
  • Awesome Alumni: Ryder Burliss, Restoration Ecology 2019
  • Plant Teachings by Elisabeth Davidson
  • Value and Utility by Sydney Pastore

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Outdoor Education is a necessary part of any environmental studies or natural science degree, and WRFI does an incredible job of connecting you to students and teachers that are as passionate and helpful about the environment as you.

Alaina Ring, St. Lawrence University
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