Our Registration Process

This registration process is not immediate. It can take 24-48 hours to receive access to your course.

Our courses are hosted by the University of Montana and certified in their Extended Education program. So, the first time you register involves a couple extra steps to get you into the University of Montana system.

First Time Registration Process

1. After checking out with the course below, you will receive an email to register with the University of Montana's online learning platform: Canvas. This email may take 24-hours to arrive.

2. Once you complete Canvas registration (instruction included in the email), you will receive a second email from Canvas when you are given access to your course. This second process may also take 24-hours, but is usually much faster.

Registering for Additional Courses

Once you have a Canvas account, the registration process for additional courses is much faster. Your course will appear in your Canvas dashboard shortly after checking out below. 

Special Provisions in Wilderness: Fire

Course Summary

Managing wildfire in any setting can be complicated, but in wilderness there are many more considerations to keep in mind to maintain wilderness character. This course reviews the appropriate management of fire in wilderness, including the use of prescribed fire and fuel treatments.

After completing this course, learners should be able to:

• Recognize the natural role of fire in your wilderness.
• Locate your agency's policy for managing wilderness fire.
• Compare managing fire in wilderness and fire outside of wilderness.
• Contribute to the fire management planning process in your wilderness area.
• Respond to ongoing projects/incidents in your wilderness area.
• Describe the responsibilities of wilderness specialists & fire management specialists when managing fire.
• Explain the process for determining appropriate use of fire for resource benefits and non-fire fuel treatments.
• Explain remediation and rehabilitation as they apply to fire in wilderness.

These are self-paced, continuous enrollment courses offered through the UM Wilderness Institute in partnership with the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center.