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Climate Change Contributes to Native Trout Declines

In a new study published in Science Advances, University of Montana researchers found that climate change drives native trout declines by reducing stream habitat and facilitating the expansion of invasive trout species. ....

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Brown trout decline across southwest Montana rivers


Southwest Montana has a brown trout problem.
The species is dropping in numbers across a wide range of the region’s rivers, biologists are stumped as to the cause, and a looming summer of drought is putting on the heat. It’s all hands on deck, and the experts are out for solutions.
“While we try to figure out what s really the root cause of this, we should certainly be doing something. I m not the decision maker, but that s how I feel based on what s going on biologically — we should be doing something, said Jim Olsen, Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks fisheries biologist for the Big Hole River. ....

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