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
Views, Views, Views by Dani Jonker
Hi, my name is Dani, I use they/them pronouns and I am on the Environmental Ethics course. Today, we backpacked out of the Bob Marshall Wilderness after spending 7 nights
Lessons in the Soil: Restoration, Ranching, and Reciprocity at Anderson Ranch by Kimberly Rivers
With three days of their 3-week course left, WRFI’s Restoration Ecology class bumps up a gravel road in the Tom Miner Basin, just north of Yellowstone National Park. They’re here
Waters We Cannot Lose: Lessons from the Blackfeet Nation for the Future of Punjab (The Land of Five Rivers) by Amneet Kaur
When I first started my course, I thought my biggest takeaway would be environmental issues in Montana. I didn’t expect that being in the Blackfeet reservation would take me back
Glacier National Park – The Beauty and Significance by Nikodem Sienczewski
Hello! My name is Nikodem Sienczewski, and I am an upcoming Junior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison majoring in Environmental Studies and minoring in Archaeology. I grew up most of
Flora, Fauna, and Ethics by Megan Johnson
Hi everyone! My name is Megan and I am a senior at University of Wisconsin-Madison studying Economics and Environmental Studies. For the last couple of weeks I have been engaging
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