Will changing climate cut western trout habitat in half?
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 12:00AM
Eric Rathbun

BOISE, Idaho — A new study shows a changing climate could reduce suitable trout habitat in the western U.S. by about 50 percent over the next 70 years, with some trout species experiencing greater declines than others. The results were reported by a team of 11 scientists from Trout Unlimited, the U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, Colorado State University, the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group.  Read on at TU.org

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