Trout Country: Fly Fishing on a Changing Yellowstone

sc.org/TroutCountry This short film takes us down the Yellowstone River to Paradise Valley, Montana, renowned for its world-class fly fishing. It demonstrates the very real economic, environmental, and emotional impacts of a rapidly changing climate on the community living in Paradise Valley. Trout Country delves into the fly fishing culture and livelihood of the folks in the film and rural communities that rely on the recreational fishing industry. The beauty of this iconic river contrasts with the harrowing reality of the warmer summers in the region, which led to a massive die off of Whitefish and a weeks-long closure of the river during the heart of fishing season in 2016. We watch as the communities along the river come together to develop and implement strategies to better understand the river’s climate change-driven changes.
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[@AIRWOLF]

Had such a great time on this shoot. Great people fighting for a great cause. :)

[@lauraderks7457]

This is a great story of collaboration, educating, and citizen action on monitoring. I would love to know if the communities around the Yellowstone River are taking action to mitigate greenhouse gases. It is all good to monitor, assess, and adapt, but could they have an impact on a changing climate through collaboration? Would love to know if they are doing anything...advocacy, renewable energy, recycling, composting, driving less.

[@carlmoeller56]

Great video. I love it up there. But, I believe to really assess climate change one has to go back 100 -200 years and study recorded weather patterns. last year I fished the Yellowstone no problem as well as other small streams. Firehole was closed due to warm water, but the geysers add to it as well.