Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Climate Change Impact

I found the article Low Flows, Hot Trout through the Big Sky Institute, which focuses on the Clark Fork Basin in Montana and how climate change affects the area: through increasing temperatures, earlier snowmelt, increased chance for wildfires, and impact on wildlife. The in-depth scientific analysis of climate change and what it means for the Clark Fork area can be applied to other areas facing similar problems, such as Yellowstone, Idaho, or even Bozeman. When I went to the USGS office in Boise, ID, for database training in groundwater programs, I was introduced to biological studies going on there in terms of trout and other fish, and their findings directly relate to this study.


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