Montana Climate Challenge

A Conference and Workshop
September 22-24, 2006
Red Lion Colonial Inn, Helena, MT

Our conference was a huge success! Our thanks to everyone, especially all our sponsors and all the registrants, who helped make it happen!

Press Release - NEW LEADERSHIP ON GLOBAL WARMING: Montanans Draft Strategy for State Lawmakers To Pursue Global Warming Solutions - “Moral Responsibility to Protect Our Children’s Future”

Newspaper Articles -
     - Climate change conference scheduled in Helena [Missoulian, 9-19-06]
     - Leaders convene in Helena for Climate Challenge Conference [New West
               Missoula, 9-21-06]
     - Climate conference: State warming, but drying in question [AP, 9-23-06]

Conference Brochure

Conference Powerpoints (see specific speaker)

Final Climate Challenge Document

Synopsis

“The Climate Challenge: Strategies for Montana’s Future,” a collaborative conference implementing a progressive, proactive approach, will address the growing global climate challenge. Under the guidance of experts from agriculture, industry, economics and conservation, participants will use information exchange and interactive break-out sessions to produce a working strategy for delivery to the Montana Legislature.

Sponsor List

To find out why a particular Sponsor supports our Montana Climate Challenge Conference, or to visit a Sponsor's website, click here.

Sponsorship is still available. Contact us for more information.

AARP Montana
MT AFL-CIO
Alternative Energy Resource Organization
Big Hole River Foundation
Bob & Hopie Stevens
BP America
Carpenters Union, Local 28
City of Billings, MT
City of Missoula, MT
Clark Fork Coalition
Corporation for the Northern Rockies
Defenders of Wildlife
Exergy Development Group, LLC
Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE)
Intermountain Forest Association
International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
M+R Strategic Services
Montana Chapter of The Wildlife Society
Montana Conservation Voters Education Fund
Montana Department of Environmental Quality
Montana Farmers Union
Montana Grain Growers Association
Montana Logging Association
Montana Renewable Energy Association
Montana Trout Unlimited
Montana Wildlife Federation
Montana Wood Products Association
Montanans for a Healthy Climate
National Carbon Offset Coalition
National Center for Appropriate Technology
National Environmental Trust
National Parks Conservation Association (Northern Rockies Regional Office)
Natural Resource Conservation Service
Natural Resources Defense Council
National Wildlife Federation
Northern Plains Resource Council
Policy Institute, Montana Human Rights Network
Stranie Ventures, LLC
The Nature Conservancy of Montana
University of Montana College of Forestry and Conservation
Western Sustainable Agriculture Working Group