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. 

Paleontological Resource Management in Wilderness: 2 Inventory & Monitoring

Course summary

To know if wilderness character is being preserved, including the paleontological resources that may be present, conditions and changes to those conditions should be monitored. This course, the second course in the Paleontological Resources Management in Wilderness course of study, provides an in-depth look at the inventory and monitoring process associated with paleontological resources. Specific topics include selecting indicators and monitoring methods and protocols. 

Course objectives

• Explain the difference between inventory and monitoring. 
• Explain the basic techniques for these activities when managing paleontological resources in a wilderness setting. 
• Complete a threats matrix. 
• Recall the four indicator criteria. 
• Select a monitoring methodology using six basic considerations. 

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