As stewards for future generations, it is our obligation to conserve land and water resources

325 hunting, fishing, and outdoors groups and individuals signed a letter to the president voicing their support for the Administration’s rule aimed at curbing carbon emissions from existing power plants. The sportsmen’s groups, which include Trout Unlimited and Pheasants Forever, are part of what they say is a $90 billion hunting and fishing industry and combined represent millions of members.

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Copper River Tuna?

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In the past year, there have been "unusual fish occurrences" in Alaskan waters, according to NOAA research biologist Joe Orsi.

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Drowning Kiribati

Kirimati, AKA Christmas Island, is one of the 33 small islands which make up the world's lowest-lying nation, Kiribati.

The 103,000 citizens of Kiribati may soon become refugees, perhaps the first mass movement of people fleeing the consequences of global warming rather than war or famine.

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Having your homeland engulfed by the ocean because of climate change doesn’t make you a refugee, or so the High Court of New Zealand ruled last week when it dismissed the case of Ioane Teitiota, a man from the low-lying Pacific island nation of Kiribati.

If the I-Kiribati (the term for Kiribati nationals) and other Pacific islanders are not refugees, the question remains, what are they—and what conventions can be put in place to protect them?

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As Climate Warms American West, Iconic Trout In Jeopardy

It's a classic image of the American West: snow-capped mountains with cool, clear streams teaming with trout. More than just an image, trout is also big business, attracting fishing enthusiasts from around the world. Now rivers and streams are getting warmer, and there's often less water in them, and that means Western trout may be in trouble.

NPR's Christopher Joyce recently visited Montana with scientists who suspect a changing climate is to blame.

New Report Details How Climate Change is Harming Freshwater Fish

Swimming Upstream: Freshwater Fish in a Warming World details how climate change is warming lakes, rivers and streams and making existing stresses worse, creating an uncertain future for America’s freshwater fishing traditions and the jobs that depend on them.

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Climate Change Threatens Extinction In Next 100 Years For 82 Percent California Native Fish

Start brushing up on your carp and bass skills.

“If present trends continue, much of the unique California fish fauna will disappear and be replaced by alien fishes, such as carp, largemouth bass, fathead minnows and green sunfish,” said Peter Moyle, a professor of fish biology at UC Davis who has been documenting the biology and status of California fish for the past 40 years.

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