Research
We are leaders in conservation-based ecological and social research, information technology, and their translation and application to pressing environmental and natural resource problems.
Our faculty and Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ seek to understand soils, forests, ecosystems, wildlife and the people who interact with them.
The W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation supports a strong foundation for research and serves as the home of the Montana Forest and Conservation Experiment Station. The College includes more than 40 tenure-track faculty and 120 graduate Ñý¼§Ö±²¥. The College also operates two extensive research properties: and Bandy Experimental Ranch.
Study: Camping Reservations: "A wicked problem of equity", finds UM researchers
Will Rice, a researcher in outdoor recreation and wildland management at UM, studies the science and art of camping. He led a recent study that digs deeper into the issue of online camping reservation systems and their impact on the demographics of national park campers.
Researchers in Montana are studying how a type of hantavirus called Sin Nombre spreads through populations of deer mice. Understanding this could help researchers predict where viruses may be likely to spill over from animals to humans.
