[MCN] Wilderness Issues Lecture Tuesday 2/28- "The Career of an Adventure-Conservationist, " Jonathan Waterman, award-winning author and wilderness explorer

[James, Rachel]

Join the Wilderness Institute for the upcoming Wilderness Issues Lecture Series Lecture

"The Career of an Adventure-Conservationist,” Jonathan Waterman, award-winning author and wilderness explorer
Tuesday, February 28, 2017

The series takes place every Tuesday at 7:00pm-8:20pm in Gallagher Business Building Room 122 on the UM campus.

Jonathan Waterman has worked as a wilderness guide, magazine editor, park ranger,  but  is renowned for unprecedented mountaineering ascents, long river descents, and arduous wilderness traverses—such as his solo of the Northwest Passage, winter ascent of Denali’s Cassin Ridge, or source to sea descent of the Colorado River.  His twelve books include Northern Exposures: An Adventuring Career In Stories and Images (Snowy Owl Books, 2013), Running Dry: A Journey From Source to Sea Down the Colorado River (National Geographic Books, 2010), and Arctic Crossing (Knopf, 2001).  The recognition for his work includes magazine awards, a Special Achievement Award from the National Park Service,  a literary fellowship from the National Endowment for the arts, and an Emmy.  Waterman’s upcoming lecture “The Career of An Adventure-Conservationist” is based on his journeys and environmental advocacy--featuring an hour’s worth of his story telling, images, and video; a book signing will follow the lecture.
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As usual, these lectures are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.  UM students may receive credit for the series by registering for NRSM 371, CRN 30257.

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 or visit the Wilderness Issues Lecture Series website.
A complete list of speakers and topics can be found below.

Speaker Schedule for 2017 Wilderness Issues Lecture Series


March 7 — “Equity and Information Access in the Context of Natural Disasters”, Dr. Rebecca Bendick, geologist and professor, University of Montana

March 14 — "Modernizing the Columbia River Treaty: Columbia River as International Case Study in Ethics and Water", Dr. John Osborn, Physician and Conservationist, Ethics and Treaty Project, Center for Environmental Law and Policy

March 28 — “Exxon Valdez Oil Spill – its Influence on Conservation and Oil in Arctic Alaska,” Dan Ritzman, Regional Director, Sierra Club

April 4 — “The Federal Public Lands Transfer and Privatization Movement from the Sagebrush Rebellion to the American Lands Council: What is Driving it and What Could it Mean for Our Country? ” Hal Herring, award-winning journalist, writer, and editor
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Rachel James
Assistant Director
Wilderness Institute
W.A. Franke College of Forestry & Conservation
University of Montana
(406) 243-6916


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