Partners
Thirty-one private, state and federal institutions and more than 50 people. Importantly for the integrated award, all institutions will have the opportunity to collaborate on all aspects of the project.
- Montana State Universtiy: 18 MSU faculty and 13 MSU graduate students.
- MSU will focus on research related to agriculture and biofertilizers, food security, clean energy, and water supply and quality.
- University of South Dakota: # faculty and students
- USD will focus on land use, biodiversity and ecosystem services assessment.
- University of Wyoming: # faculty and students
- UW will focus on issues related to agricultural economics, economic modeling and land use.
Additional Partners:
- Montana partners in the project will include Little Big Horn College on the Crow Indian Reservation, Salish Kootenai College on the Flathead Indian Reservation, the Montana Institute on Ecosystems, and Montana State University Extension.
- Among the federal participants are the National Park Service, the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.