First Announcement, MtnClim 2010
CIRMOUNT's biennial mountain-climate conference, MtnClim 2010, will be held June 7 - 10, 2010, at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest (HJAF), Blue River, Oregon. The HJAF is a NSF Long Term Ecological Research site located in mid-montane old-growth forests of Lookout Creek, a tributary to the McKenzie River in the west-central Cascades. Key longterm watershed-, climatic-, and forest research projects have been ongoing at HJAF for over half a century. The Forest Headquaters (elev 425m) will serve as our MtnClim 2010 conference venue; Dr. Barbara Bond is our host colleague. We are just beginning to plan the program and welcome ideas for session themes.
Address questions to Connie Millar (cmillar@fs.fed.us).
The MtnClim2010 website will be available by the end of April 2009.

The Consortium for Integrated Climate Research in Western Mountains (CIRMOUNT) is a collaborative, interdisciplinary consortium dedicated to understanding climates and ecosystems of western North American mountains. CIRMOUNT's goal is to bring together researchers from diverse disciplines and institutions to measure and understand climate-driven changes in the unique landscapes that define western North American mountains, and to respond to the needs and challenges of western society for mountain resources imposed by climate change. CIRMOUNT is sponsored by a diverse group of agencies, universities, and institutions, and is endorsed as a pilot project of the International Mountain Research Initiative.

Read more in CIRMOUNT's publication, Mapping New Terrain: Climate Change and the America's West.

CIRMOUNT produces a newsletter, Mountain Views. The February 2009 edition is available now.

Our colleagues at Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) in Switzerland have published their first newsletter. It includes an article about CIRMOUNT. See the link in the What's New box to the right. MRI Newsletter Launch Announcement