March 29, 2021 5:30 PM
Zoom

Event Hosted by Montana State University

With Guest Speaker Jamie McEvoy, PhD

Drought is a threat to human communities and natural systems. While some drought adaptation strategies have the potential to generate additional risks and vulnerabilities, this talk focuses on more equitable adaptation strategies that account for multispecies needs in a more-than-human world. A recent National Drought Resilience Partnership (NDRP) pilot project brought together federal and state agencies, non-governmental organizations, and watershed stakeholders to build drought resiliency in the Upper Missouri Headwaters region in southwestern Montana, USA, where climate change is altering the quality, quantity, and timing of water availability in a snowmelt-driven watershed. This talk presents community perspectives on the opportunities and challenges for implementing innovative drought adaptation measures, such as beaver mimicry projects as a form of natural water storage, ‘shared sacrifice’ agreements to leave water instream during times of
shortage, and drought plans that account for ecological and human impacts. This research stems from an interdisciplinary Science for Nature and People Partnership (SNAPP) focused on Ecological Drought in collaboration with the Montana National Drought Resilience Partnership (NDRP) pilot project in Montana.

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