Could fly-fishing become a sport of the past in the northern Rockies? According to a new Sierra Club report, Creating Resilient Habitats: Native Fish Recovery in a Time of Climate Change, water temperatures are rising, making mountain streams across the region uninhabitable for trout. This could "lead to the extinction of numerous populations and perhaps entire species,"the report says. Using bull trout as a benchmark, the report assesses the overall aquatic health of the area's freshwater ecosystem and lays out ways to protect this fragile environment from global warming and other human activities.
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