Feared Trout Drop-off Signals Climate Shift in Montana Warmer
temperatures and a longer summer drought season in Montana are
expected to have significant impacts on the state's trout
fishing industry and ecosystem. In a special report, Heidi
Cullen of Climate Central examines how climate-related changes
are affecting Montana. JIM LEHRER: And now, the first in an
occasional series climate change. We begin with a report on
drought and trout in Montana. Our story is produced by Climate
Central, a nonpartisan scientific research group. The reporter
is Heidi Cullen, a climatologist and correspondent for The
Weather Channel. HEIDI CULLEN, Climate Expert, The Weather
Channel: Montana, known for its big sky and its big trout. The
skies are as stunning as ever, but all is not well with
Montana's trout population. Warmer temperatures are setting off
a series of interconnected changes that are affecting Montana,
but we begin with the trout. Scientists project that increasing
temperatures in the coming decades could caus