Wilderness Management

Learn Wild Places From Anywhere

This distance education certificate program provides graduate students and professionals with training and expertise in key topics related to wilderness management, including the history and philosophy of the wilderness system, wilderness law and policy, wilderness recreation management, wilderness ecosystem conservation and resource monitoring and wilderness planning. Taken together these courses provide the necessary foundation for students to pursue careers in wilderness management. A distance education course removes the constraints of time and location, and presents the most current wilderness knowledge available anywhere.

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Est. 1978

The longest running academic wilderness management program in U.S.

40+

years of innovative education

3.75%

 or roughly 3.5 million acres of Montana is designated as wilderness area

Programs

• Wilderness Management
  • Certificate
  • Online

• W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation

Courses

• NRSM 404 Wilderness in the American Context (UG) or NRSM 560 American Wilderness Philosophy and Policy (G)
• NRSM 405 Management of the Wilderness Resource (UG) or NRSM 561 Managing Wilderness Ecosystems (G)
• NRSM 406 Wilderness Management Planning (UG) or NRSM 563 Wilderness Planning Theory, Management Frameworks and Application (G)
• PTRM 407 Managing Recreation Resources(UG) or PTRM 562 Managing Recreation Resources in Wilderness Settings (G)

Student Spotlight: Kate Sutcliffe

Kate Sutcliffe published a study in the International Journal of Wilderness that explores how PCT thru-hikers portray their wilderness experiences on Instagram. The article originated from a paper Kate wrote for a UM class. Kate is currently working on the COVID-19 response in Massachusetts while finishing her final course to earn her graduate certificate.

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