Bull Trout & Climate Change Back to the Climate Change Resource Center
Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) are a threatened fish species with a highly fragmented distribution throughout the Pacific Northwest. Among the critical requirements for bull trout are a need for large, interconnected habitats of cold water. While the needs of bull trout for cold water and ongoing restoration actions are well known and being addressed, much uncertainty remains about the future security of bull trout and their habitats within the US due to environmental trends associated with climate change. The goal of this symposium is to provide an overview of bull trout, their relationship to climate, and to discus alternatives for modeling future habitat and population distributions.
Select presentations below to view slide show with speaker commentary
West Cascades bull trout: an overview and update. Shelley Spalding, US Fish & Wildlife Service
Observed and projected climate trends in the Pacific Northwest. Nate Mantua, University of Washington
Habitat requirements and factors most at risk from climate change. Jason Dunham, US Geological Survey
Restoring connectivity for bull trout in the Klamath Basin: resource management in a changing climate. Craig Bienz, The Nature Conservancy
The eastside experience: bull trout and climate change within the Interior Columbia Basin. Dan Isaak, US Forest Service
Modeling the impacts of climate change and habitat restoration on Snohomish River Chinook salmon. James Battin, National Marine Fisheries Service
Quantifying climate change impacts on population abundance and viability: lessons from Snake River spring/summer Chinook. Lisa Crozier, National Marine Fisheries Service
Hydrological implications of climate change in the western U.S. Alan Hamlet, University of Washington
Geological framework for interpreting streamflow and temperature regimes under climate warming. Gordon Grant, US Forest Service
Stream temperature modeling within the context of a warming climate and bull trout recovery planning. Dan Isaak, US Forest Service
How will climate change affect fluvial geomorphology and associated salmonid habitat in mountain basins? John Buffington, US Forest Service
An integrated view of climate change and bull trout: the Boise River Basin over the last 50 years as a case history. Charlie Luce, US Forest Service
There and back again: lessons in global freshwater climate adaptation. John Matthews, World Wildlife Fund
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