Impacts on Fisheries and Wildlife

Slide 1: Impacts on Fisheries and Wildlife Doug Inkley, Ph.D., Senior Scientist National Wildlife Federation

Slide 2: MISSION National Wildlife Federation inspires Americans to protect wildlife for our children's future.

Slide 3: Southeastern Region - USFWS 127 National Wildlife Refuges 78% Changing Biome

Slide 4: Spruce-Fir Forests

Slide 5: SE Breeding Songbirds Gross Species Loss – 37% Net Species Loss – 22%

Slide 6: Cold Water Fisheries: Trout

Slide 7: Temperature Sensitive 70oF Impaired 75oF Lethal John Gale

Slide 8: Brook Trout Habitat Decline TU John Gale

Slide 9: Brook Trout Habitat Decline By 2090-Virginia Air Temperature 3.0oC Habitat 40-100% Defenders, NRDC

Slide 10: Waterfowl

Slide 11: Prairie Pothole Region USFWS

Slide 12: Prairie Potholes

Slide 13: Waterfowl Production USFWS

Slide 14: Chesapeake Chesapeake Central Valley Central Valley Bay Bay Mississippi Alluvial Valley Mississippi Alluvial Valley Gulf Coast Gulf Coast Courtesy Mike Anderson, DU Canada

Slide 15: 50,000,000 45,000,000 40,000,000 35,000,000 Total 30,000,000 Ducks 25,000,000 (5-yr avg) 20,000,000 15,000,000 10,000,000 Duck Decline 5,000,000 0 1975 1985 1995 2005 9,000,000 8,000,000 7,000,000 Prairie 6,000,000 5,000,000 Potholes 4,000,000 (5-yr avg) 3,000,000 2,000,000 With Global Warming 1,000,000 0 1975 1985 1995 2005 Year Source: USFWS

Slide 16: Mild Winters Sawbill Canoe Outfitters

Slide 17: Lake Mendota, Wisconsin Ice Cover 180 160 140 120 Days 100 80 60 40 20 0 1840 1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Year Source: State of Wisconsin

Slide 18: Winter 2005-2006

Slide 19: GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTIONS Helping Wildlife Survive Global Warming Reducing Global Warming Pollution

Slide 20: Helping Wildlife Survive Global Warming Maintain Healthy, Connected, Genetically Diverse Populations

Slide 21: Helping Wildlife Survive Global Warming Reduce Non-Climate Stressors Chemicals EPA Locks and Dams Urban Sprawl South Florida Water District

Slide 22: Helping Wildlife Survive Global Warming Control Invasive Species Fire Ant Purdue

Slide 23: Helping Wildlife Survive Global Warming Restore Natural Habitats and Protect Existing Habitats Oyster Reef Restoration

Slide 24: Helping Wildlife Survive Global Warming Account for Climate Change CA DNR

Slide 25: Helping Wildlife Survive Global Warming Fund Wildlife Conservation

Slide 26: Outdoor Recreation in Virginia Participants Expenditures Jobs 3.6 Million $2.1 Billion 49,000 Source: 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation

Slide 27: GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTIONS Helping Wildlife Survive Global Warming Reducing Global Warming Pollution

Slide 28: Billions of Metric Tons Carbon 2007 2% Per Year

Slide 29: Billions of Metric Tons Carbon Produce electricity efficiently Use electricity efficiently Vehicle efficiency Gigaton Carbon Solar and Wind Power Biofuels Carbon capture 2% and storage Per 2007 Year

Slide 30: Federal Legislation • 2% Annual Reduction CO2 • Wildlife Funding RGGI U.S. Senate

Slide 31: Ranger Rick