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Colorado Plateau: Desert Canyons & Cultures
15 Credit Spring Semester
Southwest Climate Studio Art: Change and Resilience in the American Southwest
6 Credit Summer Course
Restoration Ecology in Greater Yellowstone
3 Credit Summer Course
Wild Rockies: Conservation Across Boundaries
12 Credit Summer Semester
Cycle the Rockies: Energy and Climate Change in Montana
6 Credit Summer Course
Environmental Ethics: Climate Change and Visions of a Sustainable Future
3 Credit Summer Course
Montana Afoot and Afloat: Human/Land Relations
15 Credit Fall Semester
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The Uphill Climb of Shifting to Renewable Energy by Ella Vander Velde

July 21, 2023
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Coming from Illinois, I am not used to hills. I look ahead of my spinning front tire as the gravel road looms in front of me. From a distance, the
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Truly Wild by Austin Edwards

July 20, 2023
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  • Wild Rockies: Conservation Across Boundaries
Imagine you wake up in the early morning. The moon is still out with a bit of morning dew covering everything around you and the sun slowly starts to creep
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A Hot Topic by Graham Stier

July 14, 2023
  • Cycle the Rockies,
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Excited anticipation built as I crept to the top of the final grassy hill before Deep Creek Canyon Pass. Up, over, and suddenly on the descent, a gust of wind
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My guide to wellness outdoors by Sadie Eisner

July 6, 2023
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  • Fresh from the Field,
  • Wild Rockies: Conservation Across Boundaries
My guide to wellness outdoors (for the mentally well or unwell) By Sadie Eisner (CXB ’23) For someone as cushioned in certain habits and material luxuries as I am, it
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What’s Shaking in White Sulphur Springs? by Emma Hamilton

July 6, 2023
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What’s Shaking in White Sulphur Springs? Embracing spontaneity to lever climate action  By Emma Hamilton (CTR ’23) After a week of cycling across Montana, I left the Spa Hot Springs
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Fire regimes in the Bob Marshall Wilderness by Abigail Boislard and Emma Kraus

June 30, 2023
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  • Wild Rockies: Conservation Across Boundaries
As we trekked into the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area on the South Fork of Sun River Trail, dead, burnt trees were scattered across the landscape. Clearly, a high-severity fire had
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The youth of Montana inspire me to join the fight for our future by Logan Rauk

June 29, 2023
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When I arrived at the WRFI office in Missoula, Montana, I was more than ready to hop on my bike and begin cycling the plains and Rockies of Montana with
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End of the trip: Beginning to bloom by Mora Kozleski

June 14, 2023
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  Once again, we arrive at the mouth of Horseshoe Canyon. We were here two months ago at the beginning of our journey through the Colorado Plateau. But instead of
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Just the Small Things by Maddi Yocum

May 22, 2023
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  • Colorado Plateau,
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As we wrapped up our second section of the course in the infamous Dirty Devil River, I took some time during our transition to the next new section to sit
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To Build a Home by Gabby Adams

May 22, 2023
  • Colorado Plateau
Before I came to the Colorado Plateau, I thought my home was Missoula, Montana – or a little house on 39th street. But what I’ve learned being out here on
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