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• National Weather Service Warns of Flooding in the Bitterroot and Clark Fork River Valleys
• Bozeman Area in Long, Dry Stretch Climatologist Explains
• NOAA Forecasts a Continuation of ENSO in Neutral Status
• Governor's Drought and Water Supply Committee – Climate Outlook and Water Supply
• NOAA National Spring 2013 Climate Outlook
• UM Scientists to Reopen Montana Climate Office
• NOAA Missouri Basin Drought Webinars
• NOAA Climate Watch Videos – The Pushy Pacific
• 2012 Global Temperatures 10th Highest on Record
• NOAA Finds New Eay to Identify Which El Ninos Will Have the Biggest Impact on U.S. Winter Weather
• Equatorial Pacific ENSO 3.4 Zone in Neutral Does Not Mean Weather will be "Normal"
• NOAA Sees Need to Adapt ENSO Averages to Changes from Global Warming to Prevent Record Distortion
• Snowpack
• NRCS Snow Survey – January Snowpack Accumulation Down from that of December 2012
• NRCS Annouces Change of 30-Year Period of Record
• Montana FSA: Montana Agricultural Producers Reminded of Upcoming FSA Deadlines
• Montana NRCS – January 1/2013: Mountain Snowpack Set for Normal Water Year
• El Ninos Are Highly Unpredictable
• Western Governors Emphasize Need for Short and Long-term Strategies, Preparedness at National Drought Forum
• NOAA – Arctic Report Card 2012
• Drought Continues if Somewhat Abated by Cool Temperatures
• NOAA 2012-2013 Winter Outlook
• National Weather Service November 10, 2012 Drought Information Statement
• Boulder Scientists: Climate Models Predicting Greater Warming Appear More Accurate
• November Climate CIRCulator Newsletter
• PNW Climate CIRCulator (pdf)
• Arctic Summer Wind Shift Could Affect U.S./European Weather
• October ENSO Update Calls for El Nino Advisory (pdf)
• Colorado: Water and Growth
• Montana FSA: CRP, ECP, Disaster Designations
• Montana FSA: Montana and North Dakota Secretarial Disaster Designations Trigger Emergency Loan Program in more Montana Counties
• Montana Now has a State Climatologist!
• FSA: Eleven Additional Counties Declared Natural Disaster Areas are Eligible to Apply for FSA Emergency Loans
• National Weather Service Special Drought Information Statement – September 3, 2012 (pdf)
• Montana FSA: Idaho Disaster Designation Triggers FSA Emergency Loans in Three Additional Montana Counties
• Low River Prompts Water Rationing
• Climate Prediction Center – Alert System Status: El Nino Watch (pdf)
• NOAA July Global Climate Report
• NOAA July U.S. Climate Report
• Montana Fishing Restrictions Still In Place, But Officials Are 'Cautiously Optimistic'
• Vilsack Announces $16 Million in Drought Assistance (pdf)
• USDA Farm Service Agency Assistance News
• Tester launches new online drought resource site
• Montana fires bring emergency declaration from governor
• Presidential Disaster Designation triggers loans for Southeast Montana counties and tribe
• Farmers' ability to manage soil is key as climate fluctuates
• Additional Acreage open for CRP grazing and haying
• Tester leads bipartisan effort to establish drought task force
• Tester to USDA: Improve drought monitor
• Droughts and More
• Western Governors Association – Drought in the West – An Issue Brief
• Montana FSA: Glacier County approved for CRP Emergency Haying & Grazing increasing total Montana counties to 49; Emergency Conservation Program authorization expands to five Montana counties
• Montana FSA: USDA expands CRP Emergency Haying & Grazing to 48 Montana counties to assist drought-affected livestock producers
• USDA Announces Streamlined Disaster Designation Process
• St. Mary River and Milk River Basins Study Complete
• Colorado wildfires threaten University of Colorado climate Lab
• U.S. Appeals Court Decision Upholds Greenhouse Gas Assertion of EPA
• NOAA – U.S. experiences second warmest May, hottest spring on record
• May Weather helps mountain snowpack
• Spring storms boost water content of Montana's mountain snowpack (pdf)

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