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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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“How come you’re not in school?” By Bethany Kletz

October 12, 2021
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  • Fresh from the Field,
  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
As eleven of my classmates and I descended into a slot canyon in the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, a nearby hiker stopped and asked, “How come you aren’t
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Gender and Conservation in the Missouri River Breaks By Eva Happy

September 25, 2021
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  • Fresh from the Field,
  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
The Missouri River Breaks is a landscape dominated by striking sedimentary landforms, endless sagebrush flats, placid green water, acres of cattle, and men. While the latter two elements may seem
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Healing in the Missouri River Breaks By Ani McMannon

September 20, 2021
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  • Fresh from the Field,
  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
Sitting in the Great Falls doctor’s office with a sling on my right arm, I sighed, replaying the moment I dislocated my shoulder in the Bob Marshall Wilderness over and
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Lessons from a Common Landscape by Anna Cockey

November 11, 2019
  • Fresh from the Field,
  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
Rocks are lively, dynamic, and bearers of history. This was certainly never a thought that crossed my mind until I abandoned old perspectives and simply sat among them. With my
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The Upper Missouri Breaks: Deception through Rose-Colored Glasses by Nick McDaniel

November 9, 2019
  • Fresh from the Field,
  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
As we paddled down the Upper River Breaks National Monument, I was constantly reminded of the Corps of Discovery’s observations recorded by Lewis and Clark regarding the presumably untouched wilderness.
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Montana Afoot and Afloat Final Presentation

October 16, 2019
MONTANA AFOOT & AFLOAT FINAL PRESENTATION: Join us Wednesday, October 23 from 5:30-7:00 PM at the UM FLAT studio to welcome our Afoot & Afloat students back to Missoula after
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Emma Frankevich: What We Leave Behind

October 8, 2019
  • Fresh from the Field,
  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
I sat perched several hundred feet up on the side of the crumbling sandstone cliff, looking out of the large hole that had been formed in its side. I gazed
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Allie Leber: Learning to Dance in the Rain

December 15, 2017
  • Fresh from the Field,
  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
In all of my 16 and a half years of education, it wasn’t until I started taking adventure classes in college that I realized how rarely we are asked to
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Ben Warzon: What a “place” can mean

November 12, 2016
  • Fresh from the Field,
  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
As we left the shore of the muddy Missouri, we crossed a cow burnt field and started up a draw. We worked our way through the rolling hills, which flanked
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Matt Gasper: Knowing Your Place

November 5, 2016
  • Fresh from the Field,
  • Montana Afoot & Afloat
Throughout the second section of the Montana Afoot and Afloat course, I have been able to apply knowledge from the first section to understand this landscape more precisely. Being in
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My WRFI course was an amazing experience. The instructors and my classmates were inspiring and capable. I learned about subjects that pertain to the geography I was in, and I felt connected to the landscapes around me. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and I would recommend a WRFI course to anyone.

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