WRFI: A Summer of Relearning How to Love Learning by Mik Kaiser
It was early May and it was one of the first warm days of a late Madison spring. I was sitting in my third class of the day, in a
Jesse Stenske: Disturbance is Life
At first glance, these toothpick forests of the Scapegoat Wilderness in Montana want to invade me with fear and loneliness and hang me out to dry in the sun under
Diane Klement: Professor Garter Snake and Bitterroot
Silence. Lichen spreads between my fingertips like spider webs as the callousness of rock scratches against my hands. It is the first day of WRFI’s Montana Afoot and Afloat course,
Joe Gallucci: Miniscule and Mighty
With frozen toes and tired eyes I tread up the hill that rises high above our camp at Halfmoon Park in the Scapegoat Wilderness of Montana. My body is in
Emi Okitsu: Irony of Climate Change
After I arrived in Augusta, MT, I received a text message from my brother who lives in Okayama, Japan. During this bike trip from Billings, MT to Glacier National Park,
Chloe Williamson: The Privilege of Choice
Not In My Backyard, not through the oak trees and my childhood playground, not through my favorite fig tree that produces fruit in August, not through the grass that stains
A Montanan Landscape: Sunsets, Cattle Ranches, and Power Lines by Parker Eversoll
After riding nearly 500 miles thus far on my touring bicycle from Billings to Dupuyer, Montana, I have seen countless ranches, sherbet sunsets, mountain ranges, and other features that make
Livi Hackbarth: Those Dang Hippies and Their “Environmentalism”
I heave myself up what seems like our millionth hill as sweat droplets fall down my face and 20 mph crosswinds try to shove me off the shoulder of the
Shannon Lynch: My Happy Place
“Even when I’m a thousand miles away from my roots, I’m home.” -Zac Brown Band Growing up in a small town in Southern New Jersey with not many things to
Livi Hackbarth: Energizing by Complicating
Hopping on a bike weighing 100 lbs, awaiting what would be a 700 mile trek across the Montana landscape with 13 other strangers is nothing short of an overwhelming experience.