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Schwend, Ann

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The urgency for drought resilience planning has never been greater. With rapid changes in land use and increasing impacts from climate change, communities need to determine ways to meet their drought planning goals. Montana is forging new ground to join agencies, resource managers and communities to plan for drought impacts and build drought resilience. The State of Montana and the National Drought Resilience Partnership (NDRP)–a collaborative of federal and state agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and watershed stakeholders–are working together to leverage and deliver technical, human and financial resources to help address drought in the arid West.The Missouri Headwaters Basin in southwest Montana...
This document outlines a funding process for building watershed protection, administrative capacity, and community-based ecosystem resilience in the Missouri Headwaters Basin (MHB) in southwest Montana. The MHB was selected by the National Drought Resilience Partnership (NDRP) to demonstrate how multi-agency, non-profit and landowner collaboration across multiple scales can build large landscape drought resilience. The NDRP focus on the MHB has catalyzed partnerships and creates a unique opportunity for stakeholders to work together to leverage funds to support sub-watersheds.
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Water is essential to our health, economy and quality of life. A scarcity of water has always characterized life in the West, and with increasing demands and limited supplies, smart and efficient water use is key. One answer is to develop conservation and drought mitigation strategies that start on the ground with full community participation and integrate high level tools available from state and federal partners.The National Drought Resiliency Partnership (NDRP) is a collaborative group of federal agencies working together to implement President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. In partnership with the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) and other state and local collaborators, the Missouri...
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