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2025 Northern Rockies Wilderness Skills Institute Application

The 2025 Northern Rockies Wilderness Skills Institute will be held from May 19 – 23, 2025. It will start at 11am PT on Monday and conclude at 12pm PT on Friday. All participants are expected to sign up for the entire week. COST: There is no cost to attend. FOOD: On your own - no food provided. Participants will handle their own meals. Cooking facilities may be provided - more information will be provided ahead of the event.

Contact Information

Name(Required)
Type of Organization

Email(Required)
Role at training(Required)
Did you attend the Northern Rockies Wilderness Skills Institute in 2018, 2023, and/or 2024?

Schedule

Schedule Overview
To allow for flexibility in sessions this year you are allowed to register for one session on Monday and Tuesday and one session on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. You must register for two sessions and stay for the entire week. The exception to this is the Crosscut Saw C- Recertification and Host A/B Course and Advanced Trail Maintenance courses which are week-long. Please note that if you submit an application after 4/9/2025, there is no guarantee you will be accepted into the courses you register for. A few classes- such as the Advanced Trail Maintenance and Trail Maintenance Foundational Skills courses- are at or nearing capacity. Please consider applying to the other course options that have more room, including the Foundational Wilderness Stewardship, Advanced Wilderness Stewardship, and the Value-Based Leadership in Conservation courses.  

*Options 1+2 of the Defensive Horsemanship course are the same and will cover the same material.


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Please select the Monday-Tuesday session you would like to register for.(Required)
Please select the Wednesday-Thursday-Friday session you would like to register for.(Required)
For the Crosscut Saw B Bucking, A Falling Session, a current First Aid/CPR certificate is a required prerequisite.(Required)
Please indicate if you have or if you will have a current First Aid/CPR certification by the start date of this session.
Max. file size: 28 MB.

Advanced Trail Maintenance

Applicant Information

Briefly share any background experience you may have related to the sessions you selected or in wilderness stewardship in general.
Briefly describe why you selected the sessions above.

Additional Details

Housing/Camping Preference:(Required)

Gender for Housing(Required)
This information will be used for housing logistics.

Shirt Style(Required)
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