Update 2008: University of Montana’s Nobel Peace Prize Winner Steve Running reflects on amazing year of kudos, Choteau snub, Dave Letterman invite

Since winning the Nobel Peace Prize http://matr.net/article-26103.html just more than a year ago, University of Montana http://www.umt.edu forestry professor Steve Running http://www.cfc.umt.edu/PersonnelDetail.aspx?id=1139 noticed a heightened excitement for his public lectures.

“Every time I give a talk, I get a standing ovation,” said Running from his home in the Rattlesnake recently. “Sometimes I get a standing ovation before I even say a word. That’s pretty cool.”

A year ago in October, former Vice President Al Gore shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – a group of hundreds of scientists, including Running – for bringing an ever-growing awareness to global climate change.

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The 5 Stages of Climate Grief by Dr. Steven Running – University of Montana http://matr.net/article-26679.html

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Late-night talk-show host David Letterman, who owns a ranch outside Choteau, read the story http://matr.net/article-27415.html in the New York Times. As a way to make amends for the way Choteau had treated Running, Letterman invited him to his ranch along with several local conservation groups.

By CHELSI MOY of the Missoulian

Full Story: http://missoulian.com/articles/2008/12/28/news/local/news05.txt

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