WILD ROCKIES

July 2025 Newsletter

Conservation Across Boundaries and

Environmental Ethics Section 1

Final Presentations

July 31 | 5-7pm | Confluence Center, Missoula MT

Join our 2025 Conservation Across Boundaries and Environmental Ethics Section 1 students as they present their final course projects. They will share stories and information from the transformative time they spent exploring northwest Montana and the Canadian Rockies! You can join us virtually on Zoom or in person at the Confluence Center in Missoula, MT. Because two courses are presenting, we expect this presentation to take up to two hours.

We will be recording the presentation for those who can’t make it! Send us an email at wrfi@wrfi.net and we will send you the recording.

Photo by CXB student Adena Saigh

Our next set of final presentations will be from Restoration Ecology Section 2 and Environmental Ethics Section 2 on August 23rd in Missoula, which will also be our End of Summer party. More info here for this event that is already less than a month away! We can't wait to see you there! Please direct any questions to wrfi@wrfi.net.

The Shadows Run Podcast x WRFI

Have You Listened to Episode 1 Yet?

Wanting to foster meaningful conversations with her community while isolated during the pandemic, WRFI alum Eva Happy started "The Shadows Run" podcast. From the beginning, the resulting episodes have been full of genuine connection, adventure stories, philosophical musings, and much more.

Today, we are thrilled to announce the release of Episode 1 of WRFI Stories, a new collaborative series within the podcast. This first episode is titled "Lightbulb Moments, Environmental Education, and WRFI's Future with Matt Baker-White", and you can listen now on either Spotify or Apple Podcasts!

Fresh From the Field: Annika Mannix

To Make Change You Have To Make Fun

Change happens when we make it FUN! From baking solar‑oven cookies to cycling amongst turbines and turning environmental action into a party - these stories from Cycle the Rockies '25 show how joy fuels impact.

Read more in Annika's post to get inspired!

Meet Our Instructor Team!

Ryan has dedicated much of his life and career to helping people to connect with nature in order to encourage their participation in conservation efforts to protect it. His love for all living things is palpable, and his WRFI students often note their increased awareness of and love for every little thing they come across after spending time on trail with Ryan. Although he lives in Alaska, he makes it down to Utah in the spring and Montana in the fall to lead Colorado Plateau and Montana Afoot and Afloat. We are grateful for his passion, stoke, and expertise. Thanks, Ryan!

Upcoming Event: Sawtooth Salmon Festival

August 22-24 | Stanley, Idaho

Join this free community celebration of the 900-mile journey of Idaho's salmon from the ocean to Redfish Lake in Stanley.

Three days of salmon tours, speakers, films, education, entertainment, live music, raffles, and more against the backdrop of the Sawtooths.