Bull Trout

Synopsis: Bull Trout are a poster child for the negative effects of climate change. Numerous studies have documented climate-driven losses of Bull Trout populations. We included them in our study primarily as a means to compare our results to previous studies...not to create another competing 'model' of how climate change will impact these species. If you are primarily interested in how Bull Trout will respond to climate change, we suggest exploring the following resources that were specifically developed for them. 

Other Resources:

• Cold-Water Climate Shield: Vulnerability of Cutthroat and Bull Trout (Dan Isaak and others; USFS)

• Idaho Water Transaction Tool for Vulnerable Salmonids (Sean McFall and others; Trout Unlimited)

• Bull Trout Rangewide Climate Vulnerability Assessment

• Climate change and invasive species paper (Donovan Bell and others)