About this site
In 2018, Montana State University's Honors Academy supported the creation of a three-credit, three-week field course to enable students to "take the pulse" of stakeholders in the wake of the 2017 publication of the Montana Climate Assessment (link).
This website will catalog our journey into the science and politics and adventure of how Montanans are (and are not!) thinking about how Montana's changing climate might affect their future--our future.
From July 16-19, we will travel west to Butte's Berkeley Pit, then Lubrecht Experimental Forest, then tour Pyramid Lumber's operation, hike to Grinnell Glacier in Glacier National Park, and review climate adaptation strategies on the Blackfeet Reservation.
From July 30-August 2, we will camp in the Lamar Valley, drive over Beartooth Pass, tour the 250 MW Yellowtail Dam, tour the 2094 MW Colstrip Power Plant, and then meet with Montana Petroleum Association representatives before finishing with tours of the 60,000-barrel-per-day Laurel refinery and the Stillwater Recycling Facility in Columbus.
From August 6-9, we will tour central Montana, beginning with a Helena meeting with Public Service Commissioners, a meeting with Timeless Seeds producers, a jaunt on the Ice Caves Trail, a tour of the Central Agricultural Research Center, a tour of TwoDot Ranch, and a tour of the Judith Basin Wind Energy Facility.
This website will catalog our journey into the science and politics and adventure of how Montanans are (and are not!) thinking about how Montana's changing climate might affect their future--our future.
From July 16-19, we will travel west to Butte's Berkeley Pit, then Lubrecht Experimental Forest, then tour Pyramid Lumber's operation, hike to Grinnell Glacier in Glacier National Park, and review climate adaptation strategies on the Blackfeet Reservation.
From July 30-August 2, we will camp in the Lamar Valley, drive over Beartooth Pass, tour the 250 MW Yellowtail Dam, tour the 2094 MW Colstrip Power Plant, and then meet with Montana Petroleum Association representatives before finishing with tours of the 60,000-barrel-per-day Laurel refinery and the Stillwater Recycling Facility in Columbus.
From August 6-9, we will tour central Montana, beginning with a Helena meeting with Public Service Commissioners, a meeting with Timeless Seeds producers, a jaunt on the Ice Caves Trail, a tour of the Central Agricultural Research Center, a tour of TwoDot Ranch, and a tour of the Judith Basin Wind Energy Facility.