Development of a Streamflow Data Catalog and Evaluation of the Vulnerability of Sensitive Fish Species to Climate Change Across the Pacific Northwest

As freshwater streams and native fish are threatened by changing environmental conditions, efforts to coalesce existing data and integrate modeling and projection tools are increasingly necessary for informing effective land, water, and species management. For example, identifying and integrating disparate datasets of streamflow, stream water temperature and species distribution is critical for development of statistical models that inform comprehensive, multi-species climate vulnerability assessments to help managers plan for the future. Regional assessments of the vulnerability of native fishes to climate change in the Pacific Northwest have focused almost exclusively on salmonids (a family of fish that includes salmon, trout, chars, [...]