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Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute Search Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute Search Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute Site Navigation Home About Us What is Wilderness? Our Science News Publications Resources for Managers History of Wilderness Science COVID-19 information: For now, our office is closed and staff will be working from home. We are still available via email. Please visit our staff page to find the email of the person you wish to contact. Featured Content ALWRI welcomes new director Jason Taylor, Superintendent at Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, in Skagway, Alaska, has been selected as Director for the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Rocky Mountain Research Station, in Missoula, Montana. As Superintendent for the most visited national park unit in Alaska, Jason successfully stewarded an international protected area while introducing thousands of... Land use changes in areas surrounding wilderness In the next half century America’s population will grow by 50 percent, and so too will the demand for food, feed, water, fiber and energy development. Urbanization will lead to more roads, more pollution, and more noise. In order to protect wilderness areas it is important that we identify where land use change will have the greatest impacts and define what those impacts are, such as... Alan Watson retires after 35 years of federal service ALWRI’s Senior Research Social Scientist quietly packed up his gear on Friday April 24, 2020 and left camp. Alan Watson was an active wilderness researcher with the Forest Service for several years before ALWRI was officially founded in 1993. Alan’s title as Social Scientist belies the breadth of his wilderness science career, which is better described as a transdisciplinary scientist. He had... More Stories You are here: UM ALWRI Home The Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, part of Rocky Mountain Research Station, is an interagency, multi-bureau, federal research facility located on the campus of the University of Montana. The institute’s impact is national and international in scope, and its work is guided by an interagency wilderness policy council and steering committee. Leopold Institute scientists focus on wilderness and wildlands protected areas issues and have a long history of supporting managers stewarding the U.S. National Wilderness Preservation System, as well as collaborating with academic, NGO, community, and other partners within the U.S. and internationally. The Leopold Institute recognizes that wilderness means different things to different people. Our research and research application programs address the breadth of these meanings. Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute 790 East Beckwith Avenue Missoula, Montana 59801 Phone: (406) 542-4190 Fax: (406) 542-4196...