Wilderness talks on tap

Hungry Horse News

The Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation and the Montana Wilderness Association will host the a Wilderness Speaker Series in the coming weeks, now in its fourth year.

Free public events will be held on the first Thursdays of February, March and April from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Flathead Valley Community College in the Arts and Technology Building.

Seth Carbonari will present “Wilderness Fire Management and Specific Challenges in the Flathead National Forest” on Feb. 4 in Room 139. Wilderness managers strive to allow the ecological role of natural fire in Wilderness areas. The 2015 fires on the Flathead National Forest provide examples of some of the challenges faced in fire management, which include protecting wilderness values, public safety and access.

Harvey Locke will present “From Flathead to Yellowstone to Yukon: Nature Needs Half, a Hopeful Agenda for the Future of Wild Nature and Humanity” on March 3 in Room 144 A/B. Locke, a renowned conservationist, will explore the “no holds barred,” Bob Marshall-style declaration of love for the wild world and the landscape-scale management tactics it will take to save the precious ecosystems we have left.

Rick Graetz will present “This is the Crown of the Continent, Our Home” on April 7 in the theater. Graetz, a photographer and naturalist, will take the audience on a stunning tour of the wild places in our own backyard through the eye of his camera lens and through the eye of history.

For more information, contact Amy Robinson at 284-1747 or arobinson@wildmontana.org