University of Montana Information Session
University of Montana students! Wild Rockies Field Institute will be hosting one more information session this semester, on Tuesday, October 29 from 12:30-1:30 in the Davidson Honors College – The
Montana Afoot and Afloat Final Presentation
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
University of Oregon Information Session
University of Oregon students: think outside the classroom! Stop by the UO Outdoor Program Trip Facility/UO Bike Program Shop, EMU 008 Monday, October 21 from 5:30-6:30 for a Wild Rockies
Emma Frankevich: What We Leave Behind
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
Vision and Water by Anna Heinen
Tromping through a tangle of bushes and grasses, I listen for a trickling sound. I know there must be a small waterfall nearby. We’re in Halfmoon Park – a massive,
Lexie Pickett: You should waste your money on a patch kit
My sleeping pad popped on the sixth day of the semester. Gear failure was my worst fear for the course, and it came true at a time when I least
River of Eagles by Rainey Strippelhoff
I can’t get to my binoculars quickly enough. The dark shape soars above us in effortless circles. I can see the flash of white tail feathers in the sun. I
Polina Chizhov: So Many Sides to a Story
I was standing in a feedlot in Choteau, Montana with malt sprout dust and chopped-up hay blowing around me, as thousands of Charolais, Angus, and hybrid cattle were getting ready
Samantha Packer: Does it scare you? Good.
Last October, a friend of a friend came up to me and said “Hey, you like camping right?!”The answer, yes, was followed by her shoving paperwork in my hand and
Redefining Action: Lessons from People and Place by Sarah Boatner
My favorite poet, Naomi Shihab Nye, says that our lives are poems. Every memory, each conversation, and all the places you exist within are contributions to the narrative that encapsulates