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UM Institute Gauges Attitudes Toward Montana Tourism

Erim Gomez

Griz Chat: UM Wildlife Biology Professor Erim Gomez

FCFC students prepare for the 103rd Foresters’ Ball in February 2020.

104th Foresters’ Ball Postponed

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FCFC Hiring Multiple Faculty and Staff Positions

Paul Lukacs

Confluence Podcast Highlights Associate Dean Paul Lukacs

Light reflects off Main Hall at UM

UM Earns Top-Tier ‘R1’ Research Status

Bear and wolf (National Park Service photo)

UM Research: Yellowstone Wolves Change Behavior with Bears About

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UM Alumni Association Launches ‘Our Environment Matters’ Lecture Series

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Bandy Ranch

UM Article Honored by Environmental Law and Policy Annual Review

UM is partnering in a new program that will provide science-based climate information and services to Native American ranchers and farmers in the Mission Valley and throughout the Intermountain West. (Photo by Maureen McCarthy)

UM Joins National Project to Support Climate Resilience in Indian Country

Westslope cutthroat trout and a bull trout swim in the Flathead River system. (Courtesy of Jonny Armstrong, USGS)

Study: Climate Change, Invasive Species Drive Native Trout Declines

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UM Students Flock to New Environmental Science Major

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UM Studies How Climate Change Could Undermine Biodiversity Conservation Goals

Diana Six

Professor Diana Six Participates in Art Exhibit about Bark Beetles

Researchers Angie Luis (right) and Amy Kuenzi prepare to collect data from a deer mouse.

UM Professor Earns $2.5m Grant to Study Hantavirus Disease Transmission

Nicole Bealer

Scaling Mountains, Following Wildlife: UM Student Finds Her Mark

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UM Awarded Grant for Conservation Training from Indigenous Perspective

A plane helps to halt a fire.

UM Scientists Lead Call to Forego Fireworks This Fourth of July

Philip Higuera, UM professor of fire ecology (right), and his team examine a lake-sediment core from Chickaree Lake in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park. The core is used to reconstruct fire and vegetation history over thousands of years. (Photo by Grace Carter)

UM Research: Rocky Mountain Forests Now Burning More Than Any Point in Past 2,000 Years

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UM Research Reveals Why People Pick Certain Campsites

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Montana Leads Efforts to Define UN Ecosystem Restoration Principles

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UM Report: Montana Visitor Spending Down in 2020, Looking Better For 2021

Summer cattle move

UM Research Examines Ways to Make Climate Data More Useful for Farmers and Ranchers

Bear

UM Research Suggests Social Factors Important for Human-Wildlife Coexistence

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UM Students Lead Prescribed Wildfire Burn on University Ranch

Jessy Stevenson

Alum Jessy Stevenson Shares Stories to Promote River Conservation

Bandy Ranch

Bandy Beef Sampler Bundle Now Available

Raina Woolworth and Alexios Smith

UM Adds Two FCFC Undergrads to Long List of Udall Scholars

Caribou migration

UM Scientist Joins Team Partnering With UN’s Initiative To Map Ungulate Migrations

Lindsey Ellett and Rebekah Brassfield

FCFC Students Win “Best of” Awards at UM GradCon

Joel and Patti Meier

Partners in Education: Celebrating Patricia and Joel Meier

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UM Institute: Quality of Life, Public Lands Promote Economic Development

Dominic Noce

Franke Sustainability Fellow Studies Wildlife in Botswana

Justin Angle

FCFC Faculty Featured in New Fire Science Podcast

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UM Study Assesses Impacts of Short-Term Rentals in Montana

Nicolas Munoz

Geography Major Wins Dennison Civic Engagement Scholarship

Audrey Glendenning

Audrey Glendenning Named Wyss Scholar for Conservation in the American West

Diana Six

Diana Six's Research Featured in MontanaPBS Film About Whitebark Pine

People stand in a wetland. Photo: BLM

UM and Intermountain West Joint Venture Seminar Bolsters Science Capacity and Collaboration

JIll Belsky

Professor Jill Belsky Retires

Norma Nickerson

ITRR Director Norma Nickerson Retires

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UM Research Reveals Montanans’ Views on Grizzly Bears

Haley Vongoedert

Wilderness and Civ Student to Depart for Remote Alaskan Teaching Experience

Will Rice

PTRM Professor Wins Dissertation Award

A team of horses pulls a pair of high wheels, a historic piece of logging equipment, on campus in preparation for the 71st Foresters’ Ball in 1988.

FCFC Postpones 104th Foresters’ Ball

Joe Dehnert

Geography Student Wins Student Research Proposal Award

Smoke rises from a prescribed burn

Research Tracks Forest Management Attitudes in the Crown of the Continent

Forest landscape with little tree regeneration

UM Study Reveals Patterns That Shape Forest Recovery After Wildfires

caribou calf

UM Research Essential to Global Arctic Animal Migration Archive

Kelsey Jencso

Climate Office Awarded $21 Million to Bolster Montana Weather Stations, Snowpack Data

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UM Professor Summarizes Role of Climate Change in 2020 Fire Season

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UM Scientists Study Shifts in Forest Cover Caused By Fires, Climate Change

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Bolle Center, Margery Hunter Brown Indian Law Clinic Release Report on Tribal Co-Management on Federal Public Lands

Two WI citizen science field leaders look at map while hiking in a wilderness area

Wilderness Institute Celebrates Wilderness Act Anniversary with New Online Content

Travelers take in a recent view of Bowman Lake at Glacier National Park.

UM Travel Institute: 2020 Tests Montana Tourism

Prayer flags in mountains

UM Signs Agreement with Institute in Bhutan

Alan Townsend

Dr. Alan Townsend Named FCFC Dean

Students in the field

UM Launches New Environmental Science and Sustainability Degree

Nicholas Fry

FCFC Graduate Awarded Fulbright for Iceland Energy Studies

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Montana Tourism Anxious as COVID-19 Impacts Continue, Travelers Feel Safer

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Coronavirus Information and Updates from the University of Montana

Scott Waller

Wildlife Biology Master’s Student Awarded Fulbright Scholarship

Jen Thomsen and Libby Metcalf

UM Researchers Study How COVID-19 Affects Missoula Trails, Outdoor Recreation

Bison traffic jam in Yellowstone

Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Lands National Park Service Contract

Jonothan Karlen

Wildlife Biology Student Wins Prestigious Udall Scholarship

Zach Goodwin's map of the Bitterroot watershed

Zach Goodwin Wins Prestigious Cartography Award

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Help Us Celebrate Graduation Digitally!

From Rivers to Sea poster

Join Us for the Wilderness Issues Lecture Series, Now Held Remotely on Zoom

Text: Chad Bishop Named Interim Dean

Wildlife Biology Program Director Chad Bishop Named Interim Dean

Nora Carlson records a black-capped chickadee

UM Wildlife Biology Researchers Study How Birds Retweet News

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University of Montana Hosts 13th Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources

Eric Palm

Student Spotlight: Eric Palm Featured on Confluence Podcast

text: now accepting dean applications

FCFC Launches Dean Search

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UM to Host 103rd Foresters’ Ball

About 12.6 million nonresidents visited Montana during the past year. (Photo by Rick and Susie Graetz)

Montana Tourism 2019: Nonresident Spending Down, Visitor Numbers Up

Lily Clarke (third from the right) poses with other student delegates who attended COP25 in Madrid.

UM Student Attends UN Climate Change Summit

Intermountain West Joint Venture works to foster public-private partnerships on ranches in the West. (IWJV photo)

New Research Finds Ranchers Consider Diverse Factors in Managing Their Land

Meet with a USFS recruitment specialist

USFS Recruitment Specialist on Campus Jan. 23

UM doctoral student Kaitlyn Reintsma and co-authors studied a relatively unknown nest density estimator for songbirds using Brewer’s sparrows, shown here in a nest. (Courtesy of Kaitlyn Reintsma)

UM Student Puts Songbird Research Methods to the Test

Students practice telemetry on campus

UM Launches Nation’s First Joint Wildlife Biology and Public Administration Degree

UM Associate Professor Andrew Larson leads forestry students in an outdoor lab as part of a Forestry Field Skills class.

Accreditation Marks 85 years of Forestry Education at UM