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Colorado Plateau: Desert Canyons & Cultures
18 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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Disturbance in our “human” ecosystem By Conner Conigliaro

September 15, 2021
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  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
Our human civilization often seems far and disconnected from the natural world. Many of us now live in cities and get our food from the grocery store, not the land
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More than one way to look at a flower By Anna Feldman

September 10, 2021
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  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
On a gusty day in Half Moon Basin, a meadow surrounded by towering mountains where we were camping, I participated in my favorite school assignment of all time. Every student
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Disturbance: Ecology and Lifestyle By Anna Fatta

September 5, 2021
  • Fresh from the Field,
  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
Last September, we were all beginning our first full semesters of online school. Lab reports, essays, and even exams would be completed from our couches, kitchen tables, and bedrooms. We
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On the Tameness—or Lack Thereof—of Grizzlies By Holly Eberhard

July 28, 2021
  • Fresh from the Field,
  • Wild Rockies: Conservation Across Boundaries
On our first afternoon backpacking in Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley, we saw a grizzly bear. We had just set up camp for the evening in a spruce grotto beside the river
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Bear Meadow By Julia Schles

July 27, 2021
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  • Wild Rockies: Conservation Across Boundaries
We were told that 30 yards is far too close to get to a grizzly. In Yellowstone, you need to be at least six school buses away from them. Our
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Expanded Curiosity By Anna Cline

July 26, 2021
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  • Wild Rockies: Conservation Across Boundaries
While backpacking during the first few weeks of my 2021 Conservation Across Boundaries course, my biggest internal debate was whether to look up or down. If I look up, I
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Landscapes and Lawnscapes by Caden Gallagher

July 25, 2021
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  • Wild Rockies: Conservation Across Boundaries
Mountains and meadows, rivers and flowers,  Thinking of landscapes I stare at for hours,  Great big white clouds and thunder that rings,  These are a few of my favorite things!
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Fire is a major player in the climate-driven ecosystem changes occurring in Glacier National Park By Ben Carlson

July 16, 2021
  • Cycle the Rockies,
  • Fresh from the Field
As we arrived at our campsite in Glacier National Park after a breathtaking ride over Logan Pass on the Continental Divide, I felt as though I was home. Glacier’s ecosystem
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600 Miles Later…By Rachel French

July 15, 2021
  • Cycle the Rockies,
  • Fresh from the Field
Day 1, Mile 1. I already had a white knuckle grip on my handlebar when I saw a gory dead deer on the shoulder, blocking my path. My option was
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Acknowledging the relationships we hold with the land, people and its other inhabitants By Seneca Norvell

July 14, 2021
  • Cycle the Rockies,
  • Fresh from the Field
Helen Augare-Carlson felt confused when she first heard the land acknowledgement of her alma mater, the University of Montana in Missoula. A Blackfeet educator, Augare expected a recognition of the
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  • The Rock is my Old Friend: Intimacy with Land on the Colorado Plateau by Emma Belén Price-Daválos
  • Perseverance On the Colorado Plateau by Jonathan Robinson

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As we biked through wind farms we learned of energy policy, the viability of renewables and the economic impact of eliminating fossil fuels. I find there is no better time to learn about an issue than when it is right in front of you, begging for your inquiry.

Cory Horton, University of Montana
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