Forest Service Logging and Burning Will Cook Bull Trout to Extinction in the Jarbidge River

Forest Service logging and burning will cook bull trout to extinction in the Jarbidge River

The Jarbidge River bull trout is at extreme risk of going extinct. (Photo: Travel Nevada)Bull trout were listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act in 1999 after the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Friends of the Wild Swan successfully sued the Fish and Wildlife Service. Bull trout require cold water from 36 to 59 degrees F. If it gets warmer than that, they start to die. Because bull trout need cold, clean, and connected water to…

US Forest Service logging and burning will cook bull trout to extinction in the Jarbidge River

"Bull trout have specific habitat requirements that are called the Four Cs; cold, clean, complex, and connected habitats," according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife website. "They are most common in high mountainous areas where snowfields and glaciers are present. They mainly occur in deep pools of large, cold, rivers and lakes." (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)Bull trout were listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Spec…