This series brings timely and interesting wilderness topics to the public to raise awareness and inspire community discussion. On the Fourth Wednesday in February, March and April 2023, in the large community room in FVCC’s Arts & Technology Building. Free of charge, all are welcome.

Our featured speaker for March is Dr. Diane Boyd, local wolf biologist with over four decades of expertise. Dr. Boyd has long pondered why people feel so strongly about wolves. They love them or they hate them, but few people are neutral. She will discuss the journey of wolves and humans through time, how wolves disappeared and returned, the science and sociopolitics, and where we are heading in this relationship. What can we do to conserve this remarkable and confounding species on an increasingly human-dominated landscape?

The annual Wilderness Speaker Series is presented by the Bob Marshall Wilderness Foundation, Wild Montana Flathead-Kootenai Chapter, Northwest Montana Fire Lookout Association, and the Natural Resources Conservation Management Program at Flathead Valley Community College (FVCC).