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
2019 Colorado Plateau Final Presentation
The Colorado Plateau is in many ways, a region on the edge. College students from around the country have joined the Wild Rockies Field Institute to explore how the region’s
Anna Favour: Horseshoe Canyon as a Canvas
“Our place is part of what we are. Yet even a “place” has a kind of fluidity; it passes through space and time… A place will have been grasslands, then
Lucia Possehl: The Bones of the Land are Showing
We met with Jerry Shue, a Moab-based landscape geographer before embarking on our first twelve-day trip into Horseshoe Canyon to get our first introduction to the natural and social processes
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
August Schield: What is Home?
At a recent class deep in the Big Snowy Mountains I was asked, “What does it mean to be home?” This is a hard question for me to grasp. I
August Schield: The Hypocritical Oath
I am a hypocrite. I preach conservation of lands, understand the importance of biodiversity, believe in climate change, and spent my precious free time recreating in wilderness and national forest,
Devon Calvin: Lessons from Munching Burnt Quinoa
There exists some sacred, indefinable core between people who you have munched burnt quinoa with, slept beneath shooting stars and howling coyotes, and shared alpenglow sunsets with. Between our group
Lauren O’Laughlin: Where the Heart Is
When I was a kid, I thought the best thing to be was a poet. I would write simple, horrible poems and ask my mom to edit them for me.
Claire Longcope: To Know a Place
What a way to get to know a place! As we grilled local bison burgers last night, I was telling Melissa, one of our generous hosts in Choteau, about our