Progress 01/31/01 to 02/01/06
Outputs
The Wilderness Institute provides education, information transfer and research on wilderness issues to domestic and international audiences. The Wilderness and Civilization Program provides a minor in Wilderness Studies through the completion of a year-long program that includes class work, field studies, and internships. Each year 25-28 students graduate from that program. The Wilderness Management Distance Education Program provides continuing education to wilderness managers from around the US and internationally and to college programs through electronic links. The Wilderness Lecture Series provides an annual forum for the discussion of wilderness issues that extends to students, community members and residents of western Montana through radio broadcasting. Finally, the Wilderness Information Network continues to establish a central outlet for wilderness research, discussion and information on each of the units of the National Wilderness Preservation System. So
far the network framework is complete, the library holds over 300 documents, and the National Wilderness Preservation System site is populated. The database will have ongoing enrichment. This program has been extended to 2006 and will appear as MONZ-9321 in 2002.
Impacts
The Wilderness Institute annually contributes to educating hundreds of college students and the distribution of ideas via lecture series over public radio. Approximately two hundred people visit our website daily downloading thousands of documents per month. Annual workshops address wilderness management issues while international programs help train people from approximately 10 countries.
Publications
- Freimund, W.A., Vaske, J. J., Donnelly, M. P. and T.M. Miller. 2002. In Press. Using Video Surveys to Access Dispersed Backcountry Visitors' Norms. Leisure Sciences.
- Warzecha, C., R. Manning, D. Lime, and W. Freimund. 2002. In Press. Diversity in Outdoor Recreation: Planning and Managing a Spectrum of Visitor Opportunities in and Among Parks. The George Wright Forum.
- Borrie, W., W. Freimund, M. Davenport, and R. Manning. 2002. In Press. Crossing Methodological Boundaries: Assessing Visitor Motivations and Support for Management Actions at Yellowstone National Park Using Quantitative and Qualitative Research Approaches. The George Wright Forum.
- Freimund, W.A & W.T. Borrie. 2001. Winter Visitation to Yellowstone National Park: A Review of Six Years of Research. White paper provided to The Yellowstone National Park, Office of Planning and Compliance. 48 pages.
- Freimund, W.A., Burchfield, J. & K. Anderson. 2001. International Seminar on Protected Area Management. Final Progress Report. Submitted to the USDA Forest Service, Office of International Programs. 41 pages.
- Peel, S. & W.A. Freimund. 2001. Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Visitor Study. Final Report submitted to the California State Parks, Southern Service Center. 106 pages.
- Freimund, Wayne A.; Cole, David N. 2001. Use Density, Visitor Experience, and Limiting Recreational Use in Wilderness: Progress to Date and Research Needs. In: Freimund, Wayne A.; Cole, David N., comps. 2001. Visitor use density and wilderness experience: proceedings; 2000 June 1-3; Missoula, MT. Proc. RMRS-P-20. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station: 3-8.
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Progress 01/01/05 to 12/31/05
Outputs
During 2005, the Wilderness Institute made progress on a variety of education, research, and service projects. We organized the 26th Annual Wilderness Issues Lecture Series, The Future of Wilderness in America, which brought together top scholars and conservation leaders from across the country to discuss the challenges and opportunities we face in the future. The series was broadcast over community television in Missoula and over Montana Public Radio. We awarded ten grants from the Matthew Hansen Endowment to support projects related to Montana's natural and cultural heritage. We conducted numerous educational programs for undergraduates, including the year-long interdisciplinary Wilderness and Civilization Program, the Yellowstone Studies course, and the Winter Wilderness Field Studies course. New content was developed for Wilderness.net to better serve wilderness managers and the general public. We initiated a Citizen Science Program, which included a Citizen
Science Summit for agencies, NGOs and scientists in the region, an extensive volunteer weed and recreation monitoring program in Forest Service wilderness areas, and survey research on volunteer outcomes. We also conducted the first annual Batchelder Wilderness Photography Workshop in Glacier National Park. And, we initiated a new research program on weed management in collaboration with Missoula County.
Impacts
Wilderness Institute work impacted hundreds of students, influenced wilderness management through Wilderness.net (hundreds of thousands of visitors) and wilderness monitoring activities, funded ten research projects, and impacted the debate about wilderness in Western Montana through the lecture series.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 01/01/04 to 12/30/04
Outputs
During 2004, the Wilderness Institute made progress on a variety of education, research, and service projects. We organized the 25th Annual Wilderness Issues Lecture Series, Conservation Across Boundaries, which brought together scholars and conservation leaders from across the country to discuss the latest science and policy related to landscape conservation. The series was broadcast over community television in Missoula. We awarded ten grants from the Matthew Hansen Endowment to support projects related to Montana's natural and cultural heritage. We conducted numerous educational programs for undergraduates, including the year-long interdisciplinary Wilderness and Civilization Program, the Yellowstone Studies course, and the Winter Wilderness Field Studies course. New content was developed for Wilderness.net to better serve wilderness managers and the general public. We organized a community celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act. We also made
progress on new initiatives, including the Citizen Science Program, the Wilderness GIS Project, and a cross-boundary weed research project.
Impacts
Wilderness Institute work impacted hundreds of students, influenced wilderness management through Wilderness.net (hundreds of thousands of visitors), funded ten research projects, and impacted the debate about wilderness in Western Montana through the lecture series and through the 40th anniversary celebration.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 01/01/03 to 12/31/03
Outputs
The Wilderness Institute provides education, information transfer, and research on wilderness issues to domestic and international audiences through a variety of projects and programs. The Wilderness Information Network (WIN), an online resource for wilderness professionals and the public provided through a partnership with the federal land management agencies, was completely redesigned and the new Wilderness Stewardship Reference Systems of judicial, policy, legislative, and scientific information was launched. Wilderness and Civilization is a one-year interdisciplinary campus- and field-based immersion program leading to a Wilderness Studies minor. Last year, students explored wilderness and river ecosystems, conducted plant inventories and weed pulls, and met with tribal members on the Blackfeet and Flathead Reservations, Rocky Mountain Front ranchers, and Blackfoot Valley foresters. The Wilderness Management Distance Education Program offered courses in
Wilderness in the American Context, Managing the Wilderness Resource, Managing Wilderness Recreation, and Wilderness Management Planning to US and international wilderness managers and to Minnesota college students. The 2003 Wilderness Lecture Series, Wilderness, the Commons, and Sustainable Public Access, brought together scientists, students, community members, agency managers, and advocates to explore wilderness politics, community access, marginalized populations and people with disabilities, the history of wilderness advocacy, recreation management, and market forces. The Matthew Hansen Endowment funds projects that focus on Montana's natural and cultural heritage, with an emphasis on creative writing, history, and wilderness. 2003 Projects include a history of logging in the Swan Valley, a biography of Caroline Lockhart, essays and poems about Montana apiaries, an environmental novel for children, a Seeley Lake landownership history, a field guide to bryophyte and lichen
flora of the Rattlesnake, a high school field trip to Glacier National Park, and research for Montana Monologues II. The Wilderness Institute continued to coordinate the Missoula Area Wilderness Forum, bringing together agency, academic, advocacy, and other wilderness professionals in an ongoing dialogue about dams in wilderness, cutthroat restoration, the World Parks Congress in South Africa, 40th Anniversary activities, research and wilderness work in Alaska, and the role of the National Forest Foundation. The Wilderness Institute also offers special session courses in the Swan Valley and Yellowstone, and an Outfitting and Packing course. The Wilderness Institute sponsored graduate research on two topics 1) the politics of cross-boundary conservation on the Montana Rocky Mountain Front, and 2) the effectiveness of the land claims process in several protected areas in South Africa. In cooperation with the College of Forestry and Conservation the Wilderness Institute contributes
to two international initiatives: the Tree House Program and the International Seminar for Protected Area Management.
Impacts
Each year Wilderness Institute courses educate hundreds of university students and wilderness managers, as well as the general public. Approximately three thousand people visit our Wilderness.net every day downloading an average of 12,000 documents per month. Through the Matthew Hansen Endowment, the Wilderness Institute helps fund 6-8 creative writing, historical, and wilderness studies projects each year. The Missoula Area Wilderness Forum brings together diverse wilderness professionals in a constructive dialogue several times a year. Wilderness Institute research influences policy-making in the U.S. and abroad, and furthers the intellectual debate about wildlands, conservation, and human communities. Overall, the Institute facilitates integrated education, constructive dialogue, and innovative problem-solving for a variety of audiences.
Publications
- Yung, Laurie, Freimund, Wayne A., and Jill M. Belsky. 2003. The Politics of Place: Understanding Meaning, Common Ground, and Political Difference on the Rocky Mountain Front. Forest Science, 49(6), 855-866.
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Progress 01/01/02 to 12/31/02
Outputs
The Wilderness Institute provides education, information transfer and research on wilderness issues to domestic and international audiences. The Wilderness and Civilization Program provides a minor in Wilderness Studies through the completion of a year-long program that includes class work, field studies, and internships. Each year 25-28 students graduate from that program. The Wilderness Management Distance Education Program provides continuing education to wilderness managers from around the US and internationally and to college programs through electronic links. The Wilderness Lecture Series provides an annual forum for the discussion of wilderness issues that extends to students, community members and residents of western Montana through radio broadcasting. Finally, the Wilderness Information Network continues to establish a central outlet for wilderness research, discussion and information on each of the units of the National Wilderness Preservation System. So
far the network framework is complete, the library holds over 300 documents, and the National Wilderness Preservation System site is populated. The database will have ongoing enrichment.
Impacts
The Wilderness Institute annually contributes to educating hundreds of college students and the distribution of ideas via lecture series over public radio. Approximately two hundred people visit our website daily downloading thousands of documents per month. Annual workshops address wilderness management issues while international programs help train people from approximately 10 countries.
Publications
- Besancon, C and W. A. Freimund. 2002. International Wilderness Related Web Sites: Current Status and Suggested Direction. International Journal of Wilderness. 8(2):26-29.
- Dunsmore, R. (Editor). 2002. The Poetics of Wilderness. Proceedings: the 22nd Annual Wilderness Issues Lecture Series. The University of Montana, Wilderness Institute occasional series. 218 pages.
- Yung, L., Freimund, W. and J. Belski. 2003 (In Press). The Politics of Place: Understanding Meaning, Common Ground, and Political Difference on the Rocky Mountain Front. Forest Science.
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Progress 01/01/00 to 12/31/00
Outputs
The Wilderness Institute provides education, information transfer and research on wilderness issues to domestic and international audiences. The Wilderness and Civilization Program provides a minor in Wilderness Studies through the completion of a year-long program that includes class work, field studies, and internships. Each year 25-28 students graduate from that program. The Wilderness Management Distance Education Program provides continuing education to wilderness managers from around the US and internationally and to college programs through electronic links. The Wilderness Lecture Series provides an annual forum for the discussion of wilderness issues that extends to students, community members and residents of western Montana through radio broadcasting. Finally, the Wilderness Information Network continues to establish a central outlet for wilderness research, discussion and information on each of the units of the National Wilderness Preservation System. So
far the network framework is complete, the library holds over 300 documents, and the National wilderness preservation system site is populated. The database will have ongoing enrichment.
Impacts
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Publications
- Cole, David N.; McCool, Stephen F.; Freimund, Wayne A.; O Loughlin, Jennifer, comps. 2000. Wilderness science in a time of change conference-Volume 1: Changing perspectives and future directions; 1999 May 23-27; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-15-VOL-1. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 63 p.
- Davenport, M.A., Borrie, W.T., and Freimund, W.A. 2001 (In press). Managing visitor use in Yellowstone National Park in Cole, D.N. and McCool, S.F., (Editors), Proceedings: Wilderness Science in a Time of Change, Proc. RMRS-P-000. Ogden, UT: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
- Freimund, W. A. and C. Burgess. 1999. The wilderness information network: The first year of use. International Journal of Wilderness. 5(1):20-23.
- Freimund, W.A. and F. Smith. 2000. The Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center: Information/Education Training Needs Assessment for Line Officers and Wilderness Specialists. Final report. 66 pages.
- McCool, S.F., and W. A. Freimund. (2000). Threatened landscapes and fragile experiences: Conflict in whitebark pine restoration. In. Whitebark pine communities: ecology and restoration (D.F. Tombeck, S.F. Arno, and R.E. Kean, eds.). Island Press, Covelo, CA.
- Peel, S. and W.A. Freimund. 2000. The internet in wilderness distance education. In: Personal, Social, and Ecological Values of Wilderness: Sixth World Wilderness Congress Proceedings on Research, Management, and Allocation, Volume II. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Proceedings RMRS-14
- Yung, L and W.A. Freimund. 2000. The role of university wilderness education in America: a conceptual design. In: Personal, Social, and Ecological Values of Wilderness: Sixth World Wilderness Congress Proceedings on Research, Management, and Allocation, Volume II. United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. Proceedings RMRS-14.
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Progress 01/01/99 to 12/31/99
Outputs
The Wilderness Institute provides education, information transfer and research on wilderness issues to domestic and international audiences. The Wilderness and Civilization Program provides a minor in Wilderness Studies through the completion of a year-long program that includes class work, field studies, and internships. Each year 25-28 students graduate from that program. The Wilderness Management Distance Education Program provides continuing education to wilderness managers from around the US and internationally and to college programs through electronic links. The Wilderness Lecture Series provides an annual forum for the discussion of wilderness issues that extends to students, community members and residents of western Montana through radio broadcasting. Finally, the Wilderness Information Network continues to establish a central outlet for wilderness research, discussion and information on each of the units of the National Wilderness Preservation System. So
far the network framework is complete, the library holds over 100 documents, and the National wilderness preservation system is populated. The database will have ongoing enrichment.
Impacts
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Publications
- Davenport, M.A., et al. 2000 (In press). Managing visitor use in Yellowstone National Park Proceedings: Wilderness Science in a Time of Change, Proc. RMRS-P-000. Ogden, UT: USDA, FS, Rocky Mountain Rsh Stn.
- Freimund, W. A. and C. Burgess. 1999. The wilderness information network: The first year of use. International Journal of Wilderness. 5(1):20-23.
- McCool, S.F. and W.A. Freimund. 2000 Social roles of whitebark pine: implications for management and restoration. (book chapter in press) 29 pages.
- McCool, S.F.,Burchfield, J and W.A. Freimund. 1999 Social Science and the Bitterroot National Forest: A Synthesis. Proceedings:Bitterroot EM Project:What we Have Learned. May 18-20,Missoula Mt.
- McCool, S.F., Burchfield, J and W.A. Freimund. 1999. Social science research and the Bitterroot National Forest: An assessment and synthesis. Technical Completion Report. RMRS-98504-RJVA. 47 pages.
- Warzecha, C.A., Lime, D.W., Manning, R.E. and W.A. Freimund. 1999. Canyonlands National Park. 1998 River Study. University of Minnesota Cooperative Park Studies Unit, College of Natural Resources. 60 pages.
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Progress 01/01/98 to 12/31/98
Outputs
The Wilderness Institute provides education, information transfer and research on wilderness issues to domestic and international audiences. The Wilderness and Civilization Program provides a minor in Wilderness Studies through the completion of a year-long program that includes class work, field studies, and internships. Each year 25-28 students graduate from that program. The Wilderness Management Distance Education Program provides continuing education to wilderness managers from around the US and internationally and to college programs through electronic links. The Wilderness Lecture Series provides an annual forum for the discussion of wilderness issues that extends to students, community members and residents of western Montana through radio broadcasting. Finally, the Wilderness Information Network continues to establish a central outlet for wilderness research, discussion and information on each of the units of the National Wilderness Preservation System. So
far the network framework is done, the library started, and the National wilderness preservation system shell ready. The datablae will have ongoing enrichment.
Impacts
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Publications
- YUNG, L, YETTER, R. FREIMUND, W.A. AND P.J. BROWN. 1998. Wilderness and Civilization: Two Decades of Wilderness Higher Education. The International Journal of Wilderness 4(2):21-24.
- Freimund, W.A. and B. Borrie. 1997. Wilderness in the 21st Century: Are there technical solutions to our technical problems? International Journal of Wilderness. 3(4):21-23.
- Yung, L. and W. Freimund. University Level Wilderness Education. Personal, Societal, and Ecological Values of Wilderness: Sixth World Wilderness Congress Symposium on Research, Management, and Allocation, Bangalore, India October 24 - 29, 1998.
- Freimund, W. A. and S. Peel. The Wilderness Management Distance Education Program: An Online Case Study. Personal, Societal, and Ecological Values of Wilderness: Sixth World Wilderness Congress Symposium on Research, Management, and Allocation, Bangalore, India October 24 - 29, 1998.
- Chuck Burgess & Wayne Freimund. Wilderness Information Needs in the Age of Cyberspace. Personal, Societal, and Ecological Values of Wilderness: Sixth World Wilderness Congress Symposium on Research, Management, and Allocation, Bangalore, India October 24 - 29, 1998.
- Peel, S. and W. A. Freimund, 1998. What works in Distance Education? Educational Session presented at the 1997 National Recreation and Park Association Congress. Salt Lake City, UT, October 29- November 1, 1997.
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Progress 01/01/97 to 12/31/97
Outputs
The Wilderness Institute provides education, information transfer and research on wilderness issues to domestic and international audiences. The Wilderness and Civilization Program provides a minor in Wilderness Studies through the completion of a year-long program that includes class work, field studies, and internships. Each year 25-28 students graduate from that program. The Wilderness Management Distance Education Program provides continuing education to wilderness managers from around the US and internationally and to college programs through electronic links. The Wilderness Lecture Series provides an annual forum for the discussion of wilderness issues that extends to students, community members and residents of western Montana through radio broadcasting. Finally, the Wilderness Information Network is establishing a central outlet for wilderness research, discussion and information on each of the units of the National Wilderness Preservation System.
Impacts
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Publications
- YUNG, L, YETTER, R. FREIMUND, W.A. AND P.J. BROWN. 1997 (in review). Wilderness and Civilization: Two Decades of Wilderness Higher Education. The International Journal of Wilderness.
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Progress 01/01/96 to 12/30/96
Outputs
Each year the Wilderness Studies program begins in August with a ten-day backpacking wilderness experience and ends with another extended outdoor trip in May. In addition, weekend field trips and retreats deepen the feeling for wildlands and further foster the spirit of community which is a special feature of this program. These outdoor classrooms in the wild provide the essential backdrop and inspiration for the rigorous readings, discussions and analysis of actual wildland issues and problems which continue in the classroom. Every year 25-28 students graduate from the program well educated in the values and conflicts surrounding wilderness and land management issues, and with a personal sense of appreciation and responsibility for the natural world. From here they carry this "land ethic" and a wide array of relevant knowledge and skills throughout their lives, into society, the workplace and through their individual personal actions. The wilderness and Civilization
program also sponsors an annual spring wilderness issues lecture series which provides a forum for panel discussions and guest lectures addressing contemporary wilderness issues. It has also sponsored backcountry first aid training, summer eductional programs, and is beginning research in sustainable development.
Impacts
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Publications
- The Year of Mountains and Rivers: Changing Seasons. Snowpig Press. 1995. Annual student publication - the Wilderness & Civilization Program - The Wilderness Institute, Forestry 207 Univ of MT, Missoula, MT 59812.
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Progress 01/01/95 to 12/30/95
Outputs
This project included creating a Wilderness Studies Minor, extending the programto a full academic year, changing to a split-semester and more community-oriented learning format, including the program as part of the Davidson Honors College core-curriculum, and establishing the annual Arnold Bolle Award in Wilderness Studies for the most outstanding program student. Each year the Wilderness Studies program begins in August with a ten-day backpacking wilderness experience and ends with another extended outdoor trip in May. In addition, weekend field trips and retreats deepen the feeling for wildlands and further foster the spirit of community which is a special feature of this program. These outdoor classrooms in the wild provide the essential backdrop and inspiration for the rigorous readings, discussions and analysis of actual wildland issues and problems which continue in the classroom. Every year 25-28 students graduate from the program well educated in the values and
conflicts surrounding wilderness and land management issues, and with a personal sense of appreciation and responsibility for the natural world. From here they carry this "land ethic" and a wide array of relevant knowledge and skills throughout their lives, into society, the workplace and through their individual personal actions.
Impacts
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Publications
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Progress 01/01/94 to 12/30/94
Outputs
This project included creating a Wilderness Studies Minor, extending the programto a full academic year, changing to a split-semester and more community-oriented learning format, including the program as part of the Davidson Honors College core-curriculum, and establishing the annual Arnold Bolle Award in Wilderness Studies for the most outstanding program student. Each year the Wilderness Studies program begins in August with a ten-day backpacking wilderness experience and ends with another extended outdoor trip in May. In addition, weekend field trips and retreats deepen the feeling for wildlands and further foster the spirit of community which is a special feature of this program. These outdoor classrooms in the wild provide the essential backdrop and inspiration for the rigorous readings, discussions and analysis of actual wildland issues and problems which continue in the classroom. Every year 25-28 students graduate from the program well educated in the values and
conflicts surrounding wilderness and land management issues, and with a personal sense of appreciation and responsibility for the natural world. From here they carry this #land ethic# and a wide array of relevant knowledge and skills throughout their lives, into society, the workplace and through their individual personal actions..
Impacts
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Publications
- NO PUBLICATIONS REPORTED THIS PERIOD.
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