Climate is big issue for U.S. hunters, anglers
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CULEBRA CREEK, Colo  - As the snow melts from the towering peaks in the distance, Culebra Creek runs fast and the trout are biting. But Van Beecham, a fourth generation fishing guide, is uneasy.
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By Bob Lamb, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Dec. 14--Ice fishing has been put on hold due to warm temperatures and treacherous ice conditions. Ice fishermen were out in full force through last weekend, but the recent warming trend has eroded ice.
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The US presidential campaign seems a long way from the concerns of the mountain people of the Appalachians, who would rather talk hunting or fishing than politics.
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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. _ At the Golden Gate, the sea is rising.  In the Sierra Nevada, the snowpack is shrinking.  These developments, attributable to a warming climate, threaten one of California's most indispensable resources: water.
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Europeans may claim leadership in fighting global warming, but they get black marks from environmentalists for their fishing policy.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. _ Weird weather and global warming are claiming a place at the top of the nation's political agenda these days. But while policymakers debate what to do about them, the ski industry already has adjusted its sails.
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By Rich Landers, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  May 31--Trouble is stirring where only the deer, elk and sportsmen once roamed.   Washington's wildlife recreation lands have been managed in decent harmony with hunters and fishermen over the past seven decades.
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North American wildlife species ranging from butterflies to red fox are scrambling to adapt to Earth's rising temperatures and may not survive, according to a study released on Monday.
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Americans were cautioned about  eating fish from more than one-third of U.S. lakes and nearly  one-fourth of its rivers last year due to pollution from  mercury and other chemicals, the U.S. Environmental Protection  Agency said on Tuesday.
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By Randolph E. Schmid THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  SAN FRANCISCO -- With declining catches close to shore, commercial fishing is turning to deeper waters, threatening species that live in the cold and gloom of the deep oceans, according to researchers.
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - A new movie showing young polar bears and walruses struggling toward adulthood in a melting Arctic puts a pair of charismatic faces on the global warming threat.
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By John McCoy  johnmccoy@wvgazette.com  For most trout fishermen, summer really stinks. Streams run low and warm. Trout stop eating. Anglers stop fishing.
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CHERSKY, Russia  - One day, climate change could cost the earth. For now, it is a nice little earner for Russian hunter Alexander Vatagin.
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One day, climate change could  cost the earth. For now, it is a nice little earner for Russian  hunter Alexander Vatagin.
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DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska - In the first few days after 1989&#39;s Exxon Valdez disaster, fishermen were forced to fell trees and drop them across favored spawning streams to halt the spread of oil.
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THE future of the world&#39;s large wild mammals is threatened by pressures similar to those that caused the extinction of two-thirds of such species at the end of the most recent Ice Age.
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By Robert Sloan, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas  Dec. 15--Fishing is in, hunting is out.   A forecast with highs in the mid 70s and morning lows in the mid 60s through Wednesday will definitely be in favor of fishing.