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Montana Tribes Web Site Unveiled
A new Web site about Montana's Indian tribes
that offers hours of video interviews with
Native people, learning activities and other
resources is now online.
The site, Montanatribes.org,
which took a year to develop, was
funded by UM and the state Office of Public
Instruction's Indian Education Division. OPI
and UM split the $60,000 cost to
build the site.
The educational resource for citizens and
teachers, was created by UM's Regional
Learning Project, which produces multimedia
educational products about regional history
with American Indian
educators. Project
Director Sally Thompson said the new site,
with its comprehensive look at all tribes in
a single state, may be the first of its kind
in the U.S.
Kim Lugthart, the site's developer and
designer, said Montanatribes.org contains
about 100 video clips that are generally two
to three minutes long.
A "Meet the Speakers" section provides
brief biographies of the Native
experts, who address topics such as tribal
diversity, cultural continuity, land and
treaties, and sovereignty.
The site includes several online learning
activities. In addition, the
classroom resources page offers an hour and a
half of video from three DVDs produced by
Thompson for elementary school students.
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Annual Egg Hunt Returns To Oval April 11
Egg hunters and fun seekers need look no
further for their quarry than the UM Oval during
the ninth annual Easter Eggstravaganza on
Saturday, April 11.
The hunt gets under way when the Main Hall
bell tolls 1 p.m. Lawns surrounding the Oval
will be filled with more than 20,000 prize
eggs and 25,000 pieces of individually
wrapped candy during Montana's
largest egg hunt.
The event is free and open to the public.
There will be separate sections for age
groups 0-2, 3, 4-5, 6-7 and 8-9. Kids who
find the maroon, silver and gold eggs will be
rewarded with top prizes.
KPAX television anchor Jill Valley and 102.5
Mountain FM radio morning personality Rick
Sanders will emcee the event.
High
school student volunteers from the Missoula
Flagship program will help University
Relations staff spread candy and eggs across
four acres of lawn the morning of the hunt
and help hand out prizes.
The Easter Eggstravaganza is organized by
UM's University Relations, with generous
sponsorship from local businesses including
Missoula Federal Credit Union, Montana Cancer
Specialists, Southgate Mall, KMSO Radio and
KPAX-TV.
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Volunteers Watch Flowers For Climate Clues
Volunteers across the country are welcoming
spring by taking part in a nationwide
initiative -- Project BudBurst -- to track
climate change by recording the timing of
flowers and foliage.
The project, started as a pilot program in
2007 and operated by the University
Corporation for Atmospheric Research, UM and
the Chicago Botanic Garden, is amassing thousands
of observations from students, gardeners and
other citizen scientists to give researchers
a detailed picture of our changing climate.
"Project Budburst is about phenology -- the
timing of when plants put out leaves and
flowers," said UM biology Professor Carol
Brewer, co-founder of the program. "Phenology
is nature's clock, and we can use it to
understand our ecological neighborhood."
An analysis of thousands of Project BudBurst
observations from last year and the 2007
pilot shows that volunteers have established
a baseline for the timing of key plant
events. Volunteers can compare these
observations to flowering and leafing in
future years to measure the impact of warming
climate.
When participants submit their records
online, they can view live maps of these
phenological events across the United States.
Overall, 4,861 observations were reported
online in 2008 from participants in every
state except Hawaii.
More information is available on the Project
BudBurst Web site.
Project BudBurst
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Volunteers Needed For M Trail Restoration
The UM Society for Ecological Restoration
Student Guild, working in conjunction with
Missoula Restoration Volunteers, is looking
for volunteers to spend a Saturday restoring
the M Trail on Mount Sentinel.
From 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 18,
a group of volunteers will work to restore
one of Montana's most frequented hiking
trails. Refreshments will be provided at the
M trailhead between 9:30 and 10 a.m., during
which time volunteers will register.
Jobs will include trail work,
carrying materials, pulling weeds and/or
planting wildflowers. Participants are
encouraged to bring water, snacks and work
gloves. Lunch will be provided.
The SER Student Guild also needs 20
volunteers to participate in a comprehensive
trail layout, design and construction
workshop that will take place on Saturday,
April 11.
The workshop will include instruction on
basic hand-tool use, trail construction and
maintenance, and volunteer leadership.
Participants also must commit to working the
April 18 event, where they will be given the
opportunity to supervise volunteers in the
high-visibility trail restoration project.
For more information and to register, e-mail
the SER Student Guild at umt.restoration@gmail.com.
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Women's Tennis Splits On Road
The UM women's tennis team split its recent
matches in Bozeman. The Grizzlies put a stop
to their five-match losing streak by
defeating Utah State 5-2 on Saturday, March
21, at the neutral site.
The Griz women won four of the six singles
contests against Utah State. They also
claimed the doubles point after victories in
two doubles matches. Sophomores Rebecca and
Amanda Bran
won at No. 2 and No. 3 singles, respectively,
and teamed up to claim the No. 2 doubles
position, 8-0.
On Sunday, March 22, Montana State cruised to
a 7-0 victory over Montana.
The Grizzlies are now 4-7 and 1-2 in Big Sky
play. The team will face Middle Tennessee
State on Friday, March 27, in Colorado. On
Saturday, March 28, Montana will take on
Northern Colorado. Their final match of their
weekend on the road will be against the
University of Denver on Sunday, March 29.
Montana Grizzlies
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