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Colorado Plateau: Desert Canyons & Cultures
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Southwest Climate Studio Art: Change and Resilience in the American Southwest
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Cycle the Rockies; Energy & Climate Change in MT
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Environmental Ethics; Climate Change & Visions of a Sustainable Future
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Montana Afoot and Afloat: Human/Land Relations
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Restoration Ecology in Greater Yellowstone
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Wild Rockies: Conservation Across Boundaries
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Awesome Alumni: Ty Zwick, Colorado Plateau 2013

February 11, 2015
  • Colorado Plateau
Wild Rockies Field Institute: What course did you take and when? Ty Zwick: Colorado Plateau: Desert Canyons & Cultures 2013. That was my last semester. I did my capstone in
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Access into the Wild: Kelsey Mortensen and Nico Matallana

November 27, 2013
  • Fresh from the Field,
  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
Halfmoon Pass. Big Snowy Mountains.  The sign said one mile, but it was definitely more than that.  Thinking like I’d never make it, I was surprised to reach the pass
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Chelsea Johnson: Permanence on the Prairie

November 14, 2013
  • Fresh from the Field,
  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
In downtown White Sulphur Springs, most storefronts are empty. The short buildings hunch over their dusty windows, making themselves as small as possible as if apologizing for their sorry state.
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Becca Sinichko: An Analysis of the ICP (Insane Cow Posse)

November 6, 2013
  • Fresh from the Field,
  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
It all started as a joke while floating down the Missouri.  Rendered speechless by the white sandstone cliffs that humbled the river, a cry of bewilderment broke the silence.  “Cows!” 
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Nico Matallana & Chelsea Johnson: The Spirit of the Wilderness

September 26, 2013
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  • Fresh from the Field,
  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
“Alright guys, you need to make sure you have everything on the packing list.” It was the first day of WRFI and we were in a Missoula parking lot, surrounded
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Tiffany Chou: After the Fire

September 10, 2013
  • Fresh from the Field,
  • Wild Rockies: Conservation Across Boundaries
As we hiked through the charred remains of what was once a lush forest full of Englemann spruce, subalpine firs, and lodgepole pines, I felt the awe of Simba and
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Katie Hutchens: Labyrinth Canyon

May 8, 2013
  • Colorado Plateau,
  • Fresh from the Field
John shuffles and spreads the animal medicine cards in a fan before me. Pausing for a few seconds, I carefully select one of thirty at random. Butterfly: the master of
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Sara Larsen: Groover Tales from Labyrinth Canyon

May 7, 2013
  • Colorado Plateau,
  • Fresh from the Field
Groover: a bucket or rocket box with a detachable toilet seat that is used as a means of disposing fecal matter on river trips. The number one rule of the
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Tucker Kinne: Horseshoe Canyon

April 15, 2013
  • Colorado Plateau,
  • Fresh from the Field
Everything is still. The junipers and pinons rustle in the breeze. The sand remains motionless as a lizard scurries over it, then disappears into it’s hole. The sun bakes my
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Alumni Update: Cory Zyla, Cycle the Rockies 2008

April 12, 2013
  • Cycle the Rockies
WRFI loves hearing about our alumni’s adventures after their course. Cory Zyla was a student on 2008′s Cycle the Rockies: Energy and Climate Change in Montana course. This excerpt from
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WRFI was one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had! The canyon walls of the Colorado Plateau will call to me for the rest of my life!

Nathan Huck, Montana State University
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