PS 199 / PS 224 Politics of the Greater Yellowstone Area

* (taught June 22-30, 2013)

The Greater Yellowstone Area straddles Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. It consists of three national parks, six national forests, three national wildlife refuges, the national fish hatchery, the Wind River Indian Reservation, and other state and local preserved areas. It is the largest intact temperate-zone ecosystem in the world.  It faces challenges from extractive resource development, tourism, and climate change.  This course uses a week-long trip to the Greater Yellowstone Area to explore political questions associated with natural resources and the environment.

Interested?  See:

http://publish.illinois.edu/pahre/study-in-yellowstone-this-summer/

Or, contact Professor Robert Pahre pahre@illinois.edu  (*Final approval of this course as PS 224 is still pending, but students will receive credit for the course as PS 199 if approval is not final by beginning of the course.)