Nick Triolo

June 5, 2018
Nick Triolo is a writer, filmmaker, and long-distance mountain runner. He holds a M.S. in Environmental Studies from the University of Montana (2016). In addition to teaching and mentoring students

Nico Matallana

May 24, 2018
I grew up in the deep, green forests of the Pacific Northwest, but I truly didn’t find myself and my passions until I came to school out in Montana. Now,

Stephanie Fisher

May 24, 2018
Stephanie grew up in the Appalachian Mountains of rural Western North Carolina where she spent much of her time exploring the French Broad River and surrounding national forests. She completed

Kelsey Patterson

May 24, 2018
Kelsey began with WRFI as a student on the Colorado Plateau back in 2007, only wishing she had discovered it sooner. Growing up in the high desert of central Oregon,

Margot Higgins

May 24, 2018
Margot has been teaching college students in and out of the field since 2005. Born and raised in the urban wilds of New York City, she moved to the Northern

Ben Warzon

May 24, 2018
Ben grew up outside of Spokane, Washington skiing and backpacking with his family. He moved to Bozeman, MT in 2013 to attend Montana State University. He became a key part

Ryan Arash Marsh

May 7, 2018
Ryan Arash Marsh is a first generation Iranian-American naturalist and organizer living in Fairbanks, Alaska. He grew up in coastal California amidst the oaks and chaparral of a rapidly urbanizing

Rachel Woods-Robinson

May 7, 2018
Rachel got hooked on bicycle-touring and the beautiful Rocky Mountain West in 2015 when she co-founded Cycle for Science, bicycled across the U.S., and stopped in K-12 classrooms along the

Peter Metcalf

May 7, 2018
Peter is a conservation social scientist currently completing his Ph.D. at the University of Montana. His research interests center around the human dimensions and natural resource policy aspects of wildlife

Nick Littman

May 7, 2018
Nick grew up in the oak-spotted hills of northern California. Before settling in Montana he worked as a field biologist around the Northwest. In 2014, he graduated with an M.S. in