Acknowledgments

Ruby River restoration

Watershed restoration work along the Ruby River, Montana. Photo courtesy of Greater Yellowstone Coalition.

The authors of this report acknowledge the many individuals and organizations who provided input and inspiration for the Assessment. We greatly appreciate your help. We list them alphabetically below, with a special callout to those individuals who completed a technical review of a late draft version of the Assessment.

  • Jake Bell, Adaptation International, Austin, TX

  • L. Whitley Binder, University of Washington Climate Impacts Group, Seattle WA

  • Bob Crabtree, Chief Scientist, Yellowstone Ecological Research Center, Bozeman, MT

  • David Diamond, Executive Coordinator, Greater Yellowstone Coordinating Committee, Bozeman, MT

  • K. Dello, Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, Corvallis OR

  • John Doyle, Crow Tribal Elder, Director and Principal Investigator, Crow Water Quality Project,Crow Environmental Health Steering Committee, Little Big Horn College, Crow Agency, MT

  • Margaret Eggers, Research Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, Montana State University, Bozeman MT

  • Scott Hauser, Upper Snake River Tribes Foundation, Boise, ID

  • Julia Hobson Haggerty, Director, Montana Institute on Ecosystems, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

  • Jackie Klancher, Professor of Environmental Health & Director of Alpine Science Institute, Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WY

  • Meade Krosby, University of Washington Climate Impacts Group, Seattle, WA

  • JoRee LaFrance, Doctoral Student, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

  • Myra Lefthand, MSW, Member, Crow Environmental Health Steering Committee, Little Big Horn College, Crow Agency, MT

  • Kristin Legg, Ecologist/Manager, Greater Yellowstone Network, National Park Service, Bozeman, MT

  • W. Andrew Marcus, Director, Atlas of Yellowstone project, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

  • Wes Martel, Eastern Shoshone/Northern Arapaho, Senior Wind River Conservation Associate, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Fort Washakie, WY

  • Christine Martin, JS. Program Coordinator and US Department of Agriculture Principal Investigator, Crow Water Quality Project, Crow Environmental Health Steering Committee, Little Big Horn College, Crow Agency, MT

  • Cary Mock, Professor, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

  • Harriet Morgan, University of Washington Climate Impacts Group, Seattle, WA

  • Alexander (Sasha) Petersen, Adaptation International, Austin, TX

  • Andrew Ray, Aquatic Ecologist, National Park Service, Bozeman, MT

  • Hillary Robison, Yellowstone Center for Resources, Yellowstone National Park, Mammoth, WY

  • Ann Rodman, Yellowstone Center for Resources, Yellowstone National Park, Mammoth, WY

  • David Rupp, Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, Corvallis, OR

  • Naomi Schadt, former MA student, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

  • D. Sharp, Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, Corvallis, OR

  • Alethea Steingisser, Atlas of Yellowstone Project, University of Oregon, Eugene OR

  • Julia Stuble, Wyoming Public Lands and Energy Associate, The Wilderness Society, Jackson WY

  • David Thoma, Landscape Ecologist, National Park Service, Bozeman, MT

  • Emery Three Irons, Crow Environmental Health Steering Committee, Little Big Horn College, Crow Agency, MT

  • Paige Tolleson, Project Manager, Montana Institute on Ecosystems, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

  • Michelle Uberuaga, Executive Director, Park County Environmental Council, Livingston, MT

  • Sara Young, Crow Environmental Health Steering Committee, Little Big Horn College, Crow Agency, MT

The authors also thank the many photographers, named throughout the report, who have kindly allowed us to use their images.

Reviewers

  • Stephen Gray, PhD, USGS Director of the Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center, Fairbanks, AK

  • Greg J. McCabe, PhD, Research Scientist and Hydroclimatologist, US Geological Survey, Denver, CO

  • Tom Olliff, Intermountain Region Chief, Landscape Conservation and Climate Change, National Park Service, Bozeman, MT

  • Adam Terando, PhD, Research Ecologist, USGS Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, Raleigh, NC