[MCN] TUESDAY'S WILDERNESS LECTURE: Wilderness Isn't Priceless- It's Just Not Priced

[James, Rachel]

2016 Wilderness Issues Lecture Series
"Wilderness Isn’t Priceless—It’s Just Not Priced"

Dr. Terry Anderson, Stanford University

Tuesday, February 9th at 7:10 pm
Gallagher Business Building Room 123

Dr. Anderson is a William A. Dunn Distinguished Senior Fellow and former president and executive director of The Property and Environment Research Center; John and Jean De Nault Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

This is the third lecture of the 2016 Wilderness Issues Lecture Series. This year’s theme is: "What’s the Wild Worth? The price of nature’s amenities through a 21st century conservation lens,” and takes place every Tuesday at 7:10pm in Gallagher Business Building Room 123 on the UM campus.

As usual, these lectures are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.  UM students may receive credit for the series by registering for NRSM 371.

Please join us for this and upcoming lectures on Tuesday evenings, brought to you by the Wilderness Institute at the University of Montana.  If you would like additional information, please contact the Wilderness Institute at (406) 243-6916 or wi at cfc.umt.edu<mailto:wi at cfc.umt.edu> or visit the Wilderness Issues Lecture Series website<http://www.cfc.umt.edu/wi/education/lecture-series/default.php>. A complete list of speakers and topics is below.

Feb. 16: "Wilderness Isn’t Priceless—It’s Just Not Priced." Dr. Terry Anderson, William A. Dunn Distinguished Senior Fellow and former president and executive director of The Property and Environment Research Center; John and Jean De Nault Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.
Feb. 23: Dr. John Baden, founder and chairman of the Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment and Gallatin Writers, Inc.
March 1:"Turning Things on Their Head: How Policy Makers Think About Wilderness Economics." Dr. Richard Barrett, UM economics professor emeritus and Montana state senator.
March 8: "Conservation Economics:  The Value of Protected Lands and Wilderness." Dr. Evan Hjerpe, executive director, Conservation Economics Institute.
March 15: "Wilderness and Economics: The Role of Public Lands in the Changing West." Dr. Kimiko Barrett, geographer, Headwaters Economics.
March 22: "Wildland and Economic Values: Profaning the Sacred?"  Dr. Thomas Power, Research Professor and Professor Emeritus Economics Department, University of Montana, Principle in Power Consulting, Inc.

Rachel James
Assistant Director
Wilderness Institute
College of Forestry and Conservation
University of Montana
(406) 243-6916