Safina Center Fellow J. Drew Lanham helps lead the Elk River Writers Workshop at Chico Hot Springs in Montana, along with Rick Bass, Linda Hogan, William Pitt Root, and Pamela Uschuk. Lanham will present a special course, “Writing through culture to get to wilderness.”

The Elk River Writers Workshop takes place in one of the most wild and beautiful settings in the country, a place which has inspired the work of conservationists, writers and artists for over a century. During the five-day workshop, the hosts offer critiques of students’ writing, excursions in and around Paradise Valley, and participants get the opportunity to join a community of writers, artists and conservationists who are attempting to tackle climate change in their lives and art.

Workshop classes take place in the mornings at Chico Hot Springs and are limited to 10 students each. In the afternoons, students may select from a menu of excursions with experts in local ecology, wildlife and archaeology.

Learn how to apply here.

Contact Elk River Writers for more information.