A Trip Report: Through Many Worlds and Back by Cecelia Wronka
Over the course of eight days, near strangers backpacked over thirty miles together through the Scapegoat Wilderness of Montana. Each day was a new adventure and each night we slept
Seeking Rocky Mountain Birds by Sydney Pine
As a kid from the Northeast, I don’t think I was prepared for the unfathomable beauty the state of Montana has revealed to me. As a student studying wildlife biology
The Art of Being Alone by Valerie Kearley
In this group, we spend just about every minute we’re awake together, and silence is impossible to achieve. When a solo hike out of the mountains was proposed on our
Interpretations of Home by Nora Blair
I very much consider myself a high desert mountain-loving kid. I’ve grown up rock climbing and scrambling all that Colorado’s Front Range has to offer. I feel most at home
To Be Known by Maxwell Ryan
It’s a curious thing, the river. The surrounding area is always a riparian ecosystem, and beyond that the land can vary from deserts to mountains all the way to forest
The Line Between Two Worlds by Zoe Transtrum
WRFI alumna (Restoration Ecology ’21) and field intern Zoe Tanstrum reflects on her recent support of the Montana Afoot and Afloat semester course, finishing in Missoula on October 25. On
Plant Teachings by Elisabeth Davidson
While backpacking through the Scapegoat Wilderness, I became fully immersed in the environment around me. I was able to slow down and think critically about the intricate systems that allow
Value and Utility by Sydney Pastore
Sink into the moss on the riverbank. Green with many shades that compliment each other – floating on the surface, growing on the bank, smaller shrubs towering above them, but
Purple by Sally Moris
The wildflowers are fading as fall is fast approaching on the slopes of the Northern Rockies, and I start to notice purple. Tearing my eyes away from the corpses of
Befriending a Flower by Peyton Reno
By the end of this six-week trip, I have changed quite a bit. At the beginning, I was less fit, unsure of how to backpack, nervous about the bathroom situation,