The University of Montana in Missoula — crowned by Rolling Stone magazine as the “most scenic campus in America” — will host the SEJ conference Oct. 13-17 (see below for more on the campus and Missoula, a happening town on the cusp of Old and New West).

Conference tours will include Glacier, a Superfund extravaganza, the research navy on the West’s largest freshwater lake, and the environmental programs of one of Montana’s seven Indian reservations (see the agenda for more on tours).