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. 

Natural Resource Management in Wilderness: 2 Resource Restoration

Course summary

It is essential that managers consider impacts to the untrammeled and natural qualities of wilderness when contemplating restoration efforts within wilderness boundaries. This course, the second in the Natural Resource Management in Wilderness course of study, discusses the decision-making process for planning natural resource restoration in a wilderness area.

Course objectives

• Describe and differentiate between the natural and untrammeled qualities of wilderness character.
• Explain the dilemma that might exist in trying to preserve these two qualities while managing natural resources in wilderness.
• Recognize influences on making management decisions.
• Apply a 4-step process for making natural resource restoration decisions that optimizes both the natural and untrammeled qualities of wilderness character.

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