Winter Wilderness Field Studies
RECM/EVST 495, UG,
3 credits
Wintersession 2008
January 7-18 (weekend off)
Offered by the Montana Wilderness School in cooperation
with the Wilderness Institute.
"This
course taught me all about wilderness, the Mission Mountains,
and so many different things. Everyday was different, I
learned so much."
~student
This ten-day intensive program explores natural
resource management and outdoor leadership in the Swan Valley
and the Mission Mountain Wilderness. The course focuses
on wilderness management using the Mission Mountain Wilderness
Area as a classroom and case study. We study community-based
stewardship, winter ecology, fundamentals of snow and avalanche
science and mountain meteorology, outdoor leadership, group
decision-making, risk assessment, and Mission Mountain Wilderness
history. Activities include classroom and field lectures,
discussion, visits with local Swan Valley residents and
tribal members, recreation use monitoring and data collection,
basic winter wilderness skills and emergency care, a ski
or snowshoe day trip and backcountry winter camping in the
Mission Mountain Wilderness.
The course will take place in the Swan Valley January 7-18,
2008, with the weekend off. Students will be housed at the
Condon Work Center/Swan Valley Ecosystem Center.
Registration for this course requires an override
form. The$100 housing fee is due upon registration, and
registration is on a first-come basis. To register pick-up
an override form at the Wilderness Institute, Main Hall
303.
For more information please contact Kari Gunderson,
kari.gunderson@umontana.edu,
or the Wilderness Institute, wi@forestry.umt.edu,
406.243-5361, www.forestry.umt.edu/wi.
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The course fee
is UM tuition plus a $100 housing deposit.
For more information about Wintersession visit www.umt.edu/ce/deo/winter/.
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