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The Crown of the Continent and Greater Yellowstone E-Magazine

This publication on the Greater Yellowstone Initiative http://issuu.com/um_crown_gye/docs/greateryellowstone-spring2013/1 represents a new venture that will soon be combined with an earlier one focused on the University of Montana’s Crown of the Continent Initiative. These two iconic landscapes are linked by the great Rocky Mountains and by wildlife corridors and movements that make them inseparable in many ways. So too will they be linked by the publication of a new electronic magazine that shares the knowledge that the University and its partners have gained and will continue to gain about these two very special places.

For decades, faculty and students from the University of Montana (UM) have been using the Greater Yellowstone as a research and teaching laboratory. They have learned of the natural heritage of the place and of its use by humans. Geologists, anthropologists, recreation and tourism specialists, economists, foresters, wildlife biologists and many others have conducted research within the boundaries of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, while artists and humanists have exploited its spirit in many creative works.

It truly has been a landscape of awe and inspiration, and a landscape where so much about the earth and use of it can be learned. The stories that led to Yellowstone’s image as Colter’s Hell in the early 1800s capture the opportunities it holds for learning, research, and creative scholarship. This publication, and the subsequent ones to be produced, will share knowledge and experiences gained in this landscape so that we all can share in this wondrous place.

While UM faculty and students have been involved with the Greater Yellowstone for a long time, so too have our partners such as The Wilderness Society and the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. In addition, we are thrilled to have new partners such as BYU-Idaho, its students and faculty, join in the enterprise. Please join me in celebrating this new publishing venture that highlights one of the world’s greatest landscapes.

Perry Brown

Provost and Vice President

for Academic Affairs

the University of Montana

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