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Welcome to the Wilderness Institute website
Furthering
the understanding of wilderness and
its stewardship through education, research, and service.
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Explore wildland conservation
and the human-nature relationship through an
undergraduate field and campus program at the
University of Montana.
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“Wilderness and Civilization has done
more to equip me for “real world” conservation
than any regular class could have. I have
learned more about myself, my community,
and the land around me in one year than
I had previously in my lifetime.”
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Wilderness
and Civilization is an inspiring
and demanding campus-
and field-based academic
program. Each year, a small group of students
from around the country are immersed for two
semesters in the study of wildland conservation
and the human-nature relationship. Coursework
is interdisciplinary, and the program combines
the strengths of classroom and field learning,
small class size, dedicated faculty, and internship
experience.
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This
Summer Volunteer for Wilderness!
Wilderness managers
have invited the Wilderness Institute
and community volunteers to complete
weed and recreation monitoring and
restoration work in the Gospel Hump
Wilderness this summer. The Wilderness
Institute will work with volunteers
to map, pull, and reseed weed infestations
in the Gospel Hump Wilderness and
release weed biocontrols where appropriate.
Field leaders and volunteers will
also inventory campsites and track
recreation impacts. This is the fourth
year of an ongoing restoration project
by the Wilderness Institute, supported
by the National Forest Foundation
and the Forest Service. In the past
three season we’ve completed work
in the Selway-Bitterroot, Anaconda-Pintler,
Cabinet Mountains, Rattlesnake, Welcome
Creek, and Gates of the Mountains
Wilderness Areas. For more info and
to volunteer>>
For
more info and to volunteer>>
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Wilderness
Institute
College of Forestry & Conservation
The University of Montana,
Missoula, Montana 59812
Tel: (406)243-5361; E-mail: wi@forestry.umt.edu
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