CIRMOUNT is responsive to the needs and challenges of western society imposed by climate changes on mountain ecosystems. Two of CIRMOUNT's goals relate to resource policy and management:

• Communicate science among diverse disciplines and provide sound support for effective land-use planning management (communication decision-support);
• Promote development of longterm, policy-relevant mountain climate and ecosystem databases (research, observation, communication, and decision- support)

CIRMOUNT coordinates activities to inform, demonstrate, and encourage the inclusion of climate-change science in land-use planning and policy, and in conservation and resource-management efforts.

Current and Recent Activities--Workshops for Resource Managers:

• Workshop, Evaluating Climate Change in the Eastern Sierra Nevada to be held September, 2009 at the First United Methodist Church, Bishop, CA.


• Symposium, Coping with Climate Change in Sierran Systems held March 17-18, 2009 at the Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences, Incline Village, NV.


• Announcement card for Climate Change Resource Center (CCRC) web site (U.S. Forest Service)


• New Mexico Forestry and Climate Change Workshop, November 20, 2008 in Albuquerque, NM.


• Workshop, Managing Devils Postpile National Monument (DEPO) in an Era of Changing Climate; A Workshop to Explore Future Climate Variability, Impacts, and Adaptation Options held 8 October 2008 in Yosemite National Park.


• Publications from the Sierra Nevada Alliance. Water and Climate Change Campaign (a 2-page summary) and Sierra Climate Change Toolkit (3.6MB)


• PEP (Portable Electronic Presentation) of the talk that David L. Peterson and Kathy O'Halloran gave at the USFS Station Leadership Team meeting October 2007. Adapting to Climate Change in the Olympic National Forest


• Workshop, Resource Options for Forest Management in the Context of Climate Change was led by L. Joyce, C. Millar, R. Neilson, D Peterson, and J. Townsley. It was held on September 22, 2006 in Mt Hood , OR following the MTNCLIM 2006 conference. Background information and presentations from this workshop:
  • Workshop announcement
  • C. Millar Climate Change: What Can We Do?
  • R. Neilson Uncertainty and Forecasts of Landscape to Global Vegetation Changes Related to Climate Change
  • J. Townsley Management and Non-Constant Climate


• Workshop, Climate Variability and Change: An Overview of Our Current Understanding with Implications for Park and Natural Areas Management was led by S. Gray, L.J. Graumlich, and T. Oliff. It convened March 4, 2005 at Chico, MT after the MTNCLIM 2005 Conference. Background information and presentations from this workshop:
  • Climate Overview
  • Western Regional Climate Center Overview
  • Paleoenvironmental Archives Example


• Conference, Bringing Climate into Natural Resource Management, was held June 28-30, 2005, in Portland, OR.
  This conference, sponsored by the USFS Global Change Research Program, Western Forestry & Conservation Association, and the USFS Rocky Mtn Research Station, presented recent climate science information pertinent to resource management in climate change issues. Conference Summary. Contact Linda Joyce for further information, ljoyce@fs.fed.us.