Shimmer & Connection in Restoration by Marelise Steyn
Over the past three weeks, we’ve learned from the stories of the land and its stewards. The land’s stories are not always as straightforward as the humans’ stories. We’ve played
The Spaces Between – Observing and Learning in Nature by Carol Kegley
I am sitting overlooking Shoshone lake in south Yellowstone National Park. We are in the second of three weeks and on our second backcountry camping trek. The lake has been
Using Our Present Observations for Future Prosperity by Allison Struemke
Our first interaction with Eric Kalsta was waving at a stranger on the road in the coolest, most compact, one-person ATV I had ever seen. Lo and behold, that ATV
Truly Knowing by Fiona Monahan
Hiking into the Snowcrest mountain range, with its willow filled wetlands and rolling hills that soar up into towering mountains was a beautiful experience for everyone in the Restoration Ecology
To Become a Beaver by Allison Gibbons
Step 1: Find a Place to Build a(n Analog) Dam Beaver Dam Analogs (or BDA for short) are what the WRFI Restoration Ecology Section 2 students set out to build.
Up in the Hills by Susie Plunkett
Erik Kalsta’s ranch was unlike any other place I’d seen in Montana. The dirty and light brown sand and short stubby shrubs decorating the property’s ground resembled a desert in
Wolves by Riley Wheaton
This morning, we had woken up at 4 am at the Rainbow Point Campground near West Yellowstone. We did this so we could make a 2-hour drive into Yellowstone so
Licking Glaciers by Cadyn Pitner
As I sit here at the top of Jumbo Pass Lodge, I look in front of me and see the glacier I licked yesterday. Ten miles away and an elevation
Rocky River Restoration by Quinn Bransfield
On Friday, June 20th, our third day of the course, we were all lucky enough to join Trout Unlimited and the U.S. Forest Service on one of their restoration projects
Sunset at Red Rock Lakes by Maggie O’Shea
Midway through my WRFI trip, our group spent a night at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. After we made dinner and watched a spectacular sunset, one of my peers