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

By: Mike Garrity

Outlets: Idaho Capital Sun

Published: February 11, 2026

Words: 617

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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Bull trout were listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act in 1999 in Idaho, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, and Montana after the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Friends of the Wild Swan successfully sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Bull trout require cold water from 36 to 59 degrees Fahrenheit. If the water gets warmer than that, they die. Because bull trout need cold, clean, and connected water to …

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