How to protect Maine’s brook trout
Brook trout are usually good indicators of the health of an aquatic ecosystem. But the fish that once swam happily in streams in western Maine …
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Drought, heat and fire prompt fishing ban on 120-mile stretch of Colorado River
Sign of the times… Colorado wildlife officials on Wednesday urged anglers to avoid fishing along a stretch of the Colorado River because of low flows …
Point of No Return on Climate Change Nearing
There’s nothing mysterious about what it will take to limit climate change: The world needs to transition away from fossil fuels towards renewable energy. But …
Fish Are Losing Their Sense of Smell Thanks to Climate Change
There have been numerous wake-up calls about the effects of climate change on marine life. As ocean waters heat up, they are bleaching corals. Growing levels of …
Our climate plans are in pieces as killer summer shreds records
Deadly fires have scorched swaths of the Northern Hemisphere this summer, from California to Arctic Sweden and down to Greece on the sunny Mediterranean. Drought …
The Fighting Has Begun Over Who Owns Land Drowned by Climate Change
One April morning in 2016, Daryl Carpenter, a charter boat captain out of Grand Isle, La., took some clients to catch redfish on a marsh pond …
Mass Die-Off of Farmed Salmon Linked to Climate Change
Wild fish aren’t the only ones feeling the squeeze from climate change. As warmer, lower-oxygen waters spread, domesticated fish are suffering as well. In Chile, for instance, an algal …
Snowpack Near Record Lows Spells Trouble for Western Water Supplies
Months of exceptionally warm weather and an early winter snow drought across big swaths of the West have left the snowpack at record-low levels in …
Fishing guides gather to talk about threats posed by climate change
Most people haven’t experienced all the effects that climate change is having on Montana’s waterways, but fly-fishing guides and outfitters, who are out nearly every …
Montana Measures Cost of Climate Change, and It Ain’t Pretty
Give Montana credit. Unlike so many ostrich states, it’s taking a cold, hard look at the impending impact of climate change on its economy. And …