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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Verdana"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>From: "Maureen Hartmann" <nwceducation@blackfoot.net><BR>
To: <cdNS@HAMPSHIRE.EDU><BR>
Subject: Montana Field Semester<BR>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 12:10:38 -0700<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Verdana"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Dear Charlene<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#0000FF">Northwest Connections</FONT> <a href="http://www.northwestconnections.org/"><http://www.northwestconnections.org/></a> is a non-profit organization located in Swan Valley, Montana dedicated to community-based conservation and education. We are currently accepting applications for our Landscape and Livelihood Field Semester to be held August 29-October 26, 2005. <BR>
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Please forward to any interested students. Thank you!<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Northwest Connections' <FONT COLOR="#0000FF">Landscape and Livelihood Field Semester</FONT> <a href="http://www.northwestconnections.org/landscape.htm"><http://www.northwestconnections.org/landscape.htm></a> immerses a small group of students in an intense two-month field educational program focusing on ecology and community-based conservation. The program offers 15 semester credits from the University of Montana. Students learn experientially as they live and study the community and landscape of the glaciated Swan Valley and the rural human community it supports. Base camp for the semester is a historic homestead on the Swan River, nestled between two wilderness areas, 50 miles south of Glacier National Park.<BR>
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Northwest Connections' instructional philosophy recognizes the value of learning outside the traditional academic realm. Students are outdoors, in the field, every day of the semester. Students also work closely with rural citizens and land managers in order to understand the relationship between environmental issues and local communities.<BR>
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Landscape and Livelihood's residential program operates seven days per week, creating time for classroom lecture, field work, reading, reflective writing, journaling, and involvement in community activities. Fifteen semester credits are earned from the University of Montana in five separate courses through the College of Forestry and Conservation; and the Departments of Environmental Studies; General Science; and Recreation Management. <BR>
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Check out the NwC website for further information and to find out how to apply: <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><a href="http://www.northwestconnections.org/landscape.htm">http://www.northwestconnections.org/landscape.htm</a></FONT> <a href="http://www.northwestconnections.org/landscape.htm"><http://www.northwestconnections.org/landscape.htm></a> <FONT COLOR="#333399">.</FONT> NwC has a 'rolling admissions' policy, however, priority status will be given to students applying before April 1, 2005.<BR>
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For more information, please contact us at:<BR>
Northwest Connections <BR>
Box 1309 Swan Valley, MT 59826 <BR>
(406) 754-3185 <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10.0px'><FONT FACE="Verdana">Mo Hartmann<BR>
Northwest Connections<BR>
Program Associate<BR>
406 754 3185<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#0000FF">Charlene<BR>
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Charlene D'Avanzo<BR>
Professor of Ecology <BR>
Dean, School of Natural Sciences<BR>
Hampshire College<BR>
Amherst, MA 01002<BR>
Voice 413-5595569<BR>
FAX 413-5595448<BR>
Email - cdavanzo@hampshire.edu<BR>
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website: <a href="http://helios.hampshire.edu/~cdNS/">http://helios.hampshire.edu/~cdNS/</a><BR>
TIEE: tiee.ecoed.net/<BR>
Course website: <a href="http://ns.hampshire.edu/ns207/">http://ns.hampshire.edu/ns207/</a><BR>
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