What does Trout Unlimited want Congress to do about climate change and its effect on trout and salmon?
Trout Unlimited advocates that Congress aggressively fund programs that provide incentives to landowners and municipalities to protect high quality habitat, and restore water quality and watershed health. While Congress ultimately needs to facilitate the reduction in greenhouse gases, urgent action is needed now to protect existing trout and salmon populations where they still thrive, and recover the health of entire watersheds so these fish can survive the increased stresses that lie ahead. America’s Climate Security Act, S. 2191, a bipartisan bill introduced by Senators John Warner (R-VA) and Joe Lieberman (D-CT) is a strong bill because it not only provides aggressive reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases, but would invest an estimated $150 billion through the year 2030 on projects designed to enhance sustainability of fish and wildlife in the face of continuing climate change impacts.
