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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

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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

Foresters' Ball 2020 logo

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