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: Inholdings & Rights of Way

Course summary

Access to State or private inholdings and valid occupancies is guaranteed by Section 5 of the Wilderness Act of 1964, and rights-of-way existing prior to wilderness designation may continue as an exception to the prohibition of uses found in Section 4(c). This training course addresses the management of rights-of-way and access to inholdings in designated wilderness. 

Course objectives

• Describe an approach to managing inholdings and edgeholdings that is consistent with the Wilderness Act. 
• Define terms related to inholdings, edgeholdings, access, and rights-of-way. 
• Explain how agencies acquire inholdings and edgeholdings. 
• Explain the types and extent of access available to inholdings and edgeholdings. 
• Identify key issues in processing an authorization to access an inholding. 
• Describe allowable maintenance of access routes. 
• Locate agency policies and case law that relate to inholding and edgeholding access in wilderness. 
• Discuss special legislative provisions. 
• Describe an approach to managing rights-of-way that is consistent with the Wilderness Act. 
• Identify non-vehicular rights-of-way that may be located 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.