Crown of the Continent
Institute
Montana
October 5 - 11, 2025
Applications due August 22
Northwestern Montana is known for its rugged landscape punctuated by the remote, craggy peaks of Glacier National Park. But the region is also home to vast tracts of public land where some of North America’s most iconic creatures roam, including grizzly bears, wolves, bison, elk, wolverines and mountain lions. Within and around all that wilderness is a working landscape where humans navigate a wide range of complex issues central to conservation and resource management conversations across North America.
IJNR plans to bring 15 journalists to Montana in October, and introduce them to a wide range of subject matter experts including Tribal members, ecologists, wildlife and fisheries biologists, climate scientists, ranchers, land managers, and other stakeholders whose life or livelihood is based on the landscape.
Topics will likely include:
Transboundary mining
Biodiversity and connectivity
Bison reintroduction
Tribal sovereignty
Collaborative conservation
Road ecology
Wildfire
National park management
To Apply:
Applicants must submit a resume, three clips and a statement of interest via Submittable.
IJNR will select up to 15 applicants who represent diversity in geography, outlet, race, gender, experience, and journalistic medium. Priority consideration will be given to journalists of color.
Participation is free. IJNR covers all program expenses (food, lodging, local travel) during programs.
Applications due Friday, August 22
Questions? Reach us at contact@ijnr.org
This Institute made possible by the support of the Wilburforce Foundation, and in partnership with the Society of Environmental Journalists and the Indigenous Journalists Association.
