Environmental Fieldwork Programs: Wild Rockies Field Institute (WRFI)
Info Session
Event Details
Date
Thursday, October 1, 2026
Time
2-3 p.m.
Location
1210 W Dayton, 1341/1343, Computer Sciences
Description
Experience the American West through backpacking trips, kayaking expeditions, bike tours, & meetings with stakeholders & community members who call these places home. On these intensive field programs offered by Wild Rockies Field Institute, you will will explore the issues facing human & ecological communities in the areas of: climate change, ecological restoration, rural livelihoods, indigenous ecological knowledge preservation, energy development, large landscape conservation & more.
Cost
Free
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-265-6329 or email peeradvisor@studyabroad.wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Thursday, September 17, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.