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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
Pre-College | Montana Field Experience | Biking the Bitterroot: Sustainability Studies in Western MT
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Bonita Pernot: Nature’s Gift; Enjoying the Present

September 27, 2016
  • Fresh from the Field,
  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
Practicing mindfulness can be difficult—and sometimes nearly impossible—in day- to-day life. Forty hour work weeks, stacks of schoolwork and social media are just a few of the distractions that keep
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Linden Maurer: Regeneration in the Rockies

September 24, 2016
  • Fresh from the Field,
  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
As I walked through the blackened and bare burn area of the Scapegoat Wilderness, I contemplated how my view of fire ecology and wildfire had completely changed. Before my Montana
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Rosie Smith: A Sense of Place

November 15, 2015
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  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
  Perched on a cliff, overlooking the Missouri River and surrounding plains, I was confronted by the expansiveness of this place. The vast open space was overwhelming and made me
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Ariana Matthews-Salzman: A Matter of Perspective

November 2, 2015
  • Fresh from the Field,
  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
  “Land is many things to many people,” writes Richard Manning in his book, Rewilding the West. What land means to one individual is a matter of perspective. It is
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Danielle Norris: Grass Growers

October 24, 2015
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  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
A lot goes into our perception of the West, and a conversation with two Montana grass growers can help clarify what actually shapes the landscape. Our WRFI group was lucky
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Sam Kinney: How to love

October 21, 2015
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  • Fresh from the Field,
  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
What is a land ethic and what does having a land ethic mean? To quote the famous environmentalist Aldo Leopold, “A land ethic changes the role of Homo sapiens from
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Awesome Alumni: Myles Keating, Montana Afoot & Afloat 2013

February 5, 2015
  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
Myles Keating is an Montana State/Wild Rockies alum, ski shop extraordinaire and passionate about outdoor education. He and I sat down and chatted about his experience on Montana Afoot &
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Awesome Alumni: Catching up with Rae Fitzpatrick, Montana Afoot & Afloat 2012

February 3, 2015
  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
Over at the Wild Rockies Field Institute, we love catching up with our alumni! On a cloudy Monday in Bozeman, Montana I was able to sit down and chat with
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Harrison Tiffany: The Big Muddy’s Mud

December 19, 2014
  • Fresh from the Field,
  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
“Looks like you owe us a six-pack when the course is over Sabrina!” Poor Sabrina had stepped out of her kayak as we all pulled over to investigate an abandoned
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Ali Colbert: There’s No Place Like Home, but Does Home Have a Place?

December 19, 2014
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  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
After a jam-packed day of driving through the plains, our van turned the corner into the campground of the tiny town of Choteau, Montana and our instructor exclaimed, “Home sweet
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