"The Problem with Going Pro: A Short History of Public Land, Outdoor Sports, and Visual Culture," lecture by Western historian Annie Gilbert Coleman (University of Notre Dame). Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the University of Montana History Department.

Americans have been playing in western mountain ranges for over a century, and the way we see, feel, and move through the Rockies matters. While outdoor recreation fueled the preservation of mountainous public land, it has also prompted extended legal battles and political conflict. Western historian Annie Gilbert Coleman will examine how our recreational consumption of mountain landscapes has fragmented them visually as well as politically, altering relationships of power but also suggesting new ways to bring people together in the places we hold dear.