Climate Resilience 

Missoula is experiencing the effects of a changing climate including hotter, dryer summers, more intense wildfires and wildfire smoke, more precipitation falling as rain instead of snow, and extreme weather patterns. As our community and the world at large work to curb the emissions responsible for our changing climate, we must also face the reality that we are dealing with those effects now.  

The City of Missoula and its partners are working on programs to ensure that Missoula is prepared for, able to respond to, and able to recover from climate-related events. This work includes assessing the risks and vulnerabilities within our community, developing response plans, implementing projects and programs, and ensuring equitable community engagement so that all voices are heard and considered. 

Climate Resilience Initiatives

• Climate Ready Missoula - Explore Climate Ready's goals and strategies to build a resilient Missoula.
• Community Wildlife Habitat - The City of Missoula partnered with the National Wildlife Federation and became the first Community Wildlife Habitat in Montana. 
• Stay Cool Missoula – An extreme heat toolkit and story map.
• Floodplain Re-Mapping - Learn more about the City, County and State partnership to re-map the flood plains surrounding the Clark Fork and Bitterroot rivers. 
• Our Missoula - Learn more about the growth policy and code reform update for the Missoula community.
• U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit - Learn more about climate hazards and tools to adapt for the future. 
• Zero by Fifty - Learn more about the City of Missoula's zero waste goals and strategies.