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MARCH 1-4, 2005 AT CHICO HOT SPRINGS,
PRAY, MONTANA
MTNCLIM is a new biennial research conference,
sponsored by the Consortium for Integrated Climate
Research on Western Mountains (CIRMOUNT), dedicated
to mountain climate sciences and effects of climate
variability on ecosystems, natural resources,
and conservation in western North American mountains.
The first conference, MTNCLIM 2005, featured invited
and contributed talks, poster sessions, and action-oriented
working-group sessions. A post-conference workshop,
“Climate 101” addressed implications
of climate variability and change to natural resource
managers. MTNCLIM 2005 was held March 1-4, 2005,
at Chico Hot Springs Historic Resort, in Pray,
Montana, near Yellowstone National Park and a
one-hour drive from Gallatin Airport in Bozeman,
MT.
MTNCLIM 2005 Participation
Open to all scientists, students, managers, policy
makers and other professionals interested in mountain
climate sciences, their effects on ecosystems
and interactions with resource management, conservation,
policy, and society.
MTNCLIM Goals
MTNCLIM aims to advance the sciences related
to climate and its interaction with physical,
ecological, and social systems of western North
American mountains. Within this arena, MTNCLIM
goals are to:
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Provide a biennial
forum for presenting and encouraging current,
interdisciplinary research through invited
and contributed oral and poster sessions |
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Promote active
integration of science into resource-management
application through focused sessions, panels,
and ongoing problem-oriented working groups |
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Advance
other goals of CIRMOUNT through ad hoc committees,
networking opportunities, co-hosting meetings,
and targeted fund-raising efforts |
Sponsors
MTNCLIM 2005 is sponsored by CIRMOUNT, with funding
and support from the following agencies and institutions:
Montana State University, Big Sky Institute
NOAA, Office of Global Programs, Climate Diagnostics
Center, and Paleoclimatology Branch
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research
Station, Sierra Nevada Research
Center and Pacific Northwest Research
Station, Fire and Environmental Research Applications
University of California, Scripps Institution
of Oceanography
USGS Water Resources, Geological and Biological
Resources Divisions
Mountain Research Initiative
Desert Research Institute, Western Regional Climate
Center
University of Arizona, Laboratory of Tree-Ring
Research
University of California, White Mountain Research
Station
California Bay-Delta Authority
Dennis Machida
We are sad to report the death
of Dennis Machida, of the California Tahoe Conservancy,
Friday, March 4, 2005. Those of you who were at
the MTNCLIM 2005 Conference at Chico Hot Springs
(MT) know that Dennis was delivering a synthesis
talk in our final session when he collapsed midpoint
in a visionary, cogent charge to the group. The
collapse was sudden and was not preceded by any
sign of distress. Several trained EMT colleagues
attended to him immediately and were joined shortly
by two emergency medical teams. He was pronounced
dead at the Livingston Hospital about an hour later.
The doctor and EMTs assure us that everything possible
was done to resuscitate him.
For those who were with
us at MTNCLIM 2005, we are grateful for your professionalism
and support in a time of crisis. Our community
benefited greatly from Dennis' leadership.
TAHOE
DAILY TRIBUNE 
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