Montana Climate Assessment

The Montana Institute on Ecosystems and partners have released the Montana Climate Assessment (MCA).

The Montana Climate Assessment (MCA) is a product of the Montana University System’s Montana Institute on Ecosystems, in collaboration with the Montana Climate Office, Montana Water Center, and MSU Extension.The MCA, the first in a series of assessments, focuses on climate trends and their consequences for three of Montana’s vital sectors: water, forests, agriculture. The MCA was funded as part of Montana’s NSF EPSCoR Track-1 project (IIA-1443108 and EPS-1101342).

The full report as well as videos, related news, and outreach events can be found at montanaclimate.org.

Whitlock C, Cross W, Maxwell B, Silverman N, Wade AA. 2017. 2017 Montana Climate Assessment. Bozeman and Missoula MT: Montana State University and University of Montana, Montana Institute on Ecosystems. 318 p.doi:10.15788/m2ww8w

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The MCA is based upon work supported in part by the National Science Foundation EPSCoR Cooperative Agreement #EPS-1443108

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