Jim Posewitz is founder and executive director of the Orion Institute, a non-profit group based in Helena, Mont. that supports hunting and wildlife conservation. He gave a lecture at Casper College about hunting and the effects of climate change last Thursday along with Steve Jackson, botany professor and ecology program director at the University of Wyoming. Photo by Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune.
In this Aug. 10, 2009 photo, pure methane, gas bubbles up from underwater vents from a lake, in the Mackenzie River Delta in the Northwest Territories, Canada. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
In this Aug. 10, 2009, photo, Canadian researcher Rob Bowen, sets up a weather station on the remote, boggy fringe of North America, 2,200 kilometers (1,400 miles) from the North Pole, to learn more about seeps in the 25,000 lakes of this vast Mackenzie River Delta, in the Northwest Territories, Canada.(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Danish Minister for Climate and Energy Connie Hedegaard, right, with Head of the U.N. climate change secretariat Yvo de Boer, at the start of a two-day closed meeting of climate negotiators from nearly 40 countries who are preparing for the Copenhagen U.N. summit that starts on Dec. 7 in Copenhagen, Denmark on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Denmark's climate minister says next month's summit on climate change in Copenhagen must set a deadline for a legally binding document. (AP Photo/POLFOTO/Tariq Mikkel Khan)
Danish Minister for Climate and Energy Connie Hedegaard, right, with Head of the U.N. climate change secretariat Yvo de Boer, at the start of a two-day closed meeting of climate negotiators from nearly 40 countries who are preparing for the Copenhagen U.N. summit that starts on Dec. 7 in Copenhagen, Denmark on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Denmark's climate minister says next month's summit on climate change in Copenhagen must set a deadline for a legally binding document. (AP Photo/POLFOTO/Tariq Mikkel Khan)
Danish Minister for Climate and Energy Connie Hedegaard, right, with Head of the U.N. climate change secretariat Yvo de Boer, at the start of a two-day closed meeting of climate negotiators from nearly 40 countries who are preparing for the Copenhagen U.N. summit that starts on Dec. 7 in Copenhagen, Denmark on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Denmark's climate minister says next month's summit on climate change in Copenhagen must set a deadline for a legally binding document. (AP Photo/POLFOTO/Tariq Mikkel Khan)
Danish Minister for Climate and Energy Connie Hedegaard, right, with Head of the U.N. climate change secretariat Yvo de Boer, at the start of a two-day closed meeting of climate negotiators from nearly 40 countries who are preparing for the Copenhagen U.N. summit that starts on Dec. 7 in Copenhagen, Denmark on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Denmark's climate minister says next month's summit on climate change in Copenhagen must set a deadline for a legally binding document. (AP Photo/POLFOTO/Tariq Mikkel Khan)
An activist of the environmental group Avaaz wearing costume representing an alien delegation mingles with UN delegates during the UN climate talks in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Barcelona hosts the final round of climate talks before December's Copenhagen UN climate summit. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Activists of the environmental group Avaaz wearing costumes representing an alien delegation prepare to mingle with UN delegates during UN climate talks in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Barcelona hosts the final round of climate talks before December's Copenhagen UN climate summit. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Activists of the environmental group Avaaz wearing costumes representing an alien delegation mingled with UN delegates during UN climate talks in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Barcelona is hosting the final round of climate talks before December's Copenhagen UN climate summit. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
An activist of the environmental group Avaaz wearing costume representing an alien delegation mingles with UN delegates during the UN climate talks in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Barcelona hosts the final round of climate talks before December's Copenhagen UN climate summit. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Activists of the environmental group Avaaz wearing costumes representing an alien delegation prepare to mingle with UN delegates during UN climate talks in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Barcelona hosts the final round of climate talks before December's Copenhagen UN climate summit. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Activists of the environmental group Avaaz wearing costumes representing an alien delegation mingled with UN delegates during UN climate talks in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Barcelona is hosting the final round of climate talks before December's Copenhagen UN climate summit. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
An activist of the environmental group Avaaz wearing costume representing an alien delegation mingles with UN delegates during the UN climate talks in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Barcelona hosts the final round of climate talks before December's Copenhagen UN climate summit. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Activists of the environmental group Avaaz wearing costumes representing an alien delegation prepare to mingle with UN delegates during UN climate talks in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Barcelona hosts the final round of climate talks before December's Copenhagen UN climate summit. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Activists of the environmental group Avaaz wearing costumes representing an alien delegation mingled with UN delegates during UN climate talks in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Barcelona is hosting the final round of climate talks before December's Copenhagen UN climate summit. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Danish Minister for Climate and Energy Connie Hedegaard, left, talks to Chinese head of delegation Xie Zhenhua, at the start of a two-day closed meeting of climate negotiators from nearly 40 countries who are preparing for the Copenhagen U.N. summit that starts on Dec. 7 in Copenhagen, Denmark on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Denmark's climate minister says next month's summit on climate change in Copenhagen must set a deadline for a legally binding document. (AP Photo/POLFOTO/Tariq Mikkel Khan)
Danish Minister for Climate and Energy Connie Hedegaard talks to reporters at the start of a two-day closed meeting of climate negotiators from nearly 40 countries who are preparing for the Copenhagen U.N. summit that starts on Dec. 7 in Copenhagen, Denmark on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Denmark's climate minister says next month's summit on climate change in Copenhagen must set a deadline for a legally binding document. (AP Photo/POLFOTO/Tariq Mikkel Khan)
Danish Minister for Climate and Energy Connie Hedegaard, left, talks to Chinese head of delegation Xie Zhenhua, at the start of a two-day closed meeting of climate negotiators from nearly 40 countries who are preparing for the Copenhagen U.N. summit that starts on Dec. 7 in Copenhagen, Denmark on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Denmark's climate minister says next month's summit on climate change in Copenhagen must set a deadline for a legally binding document. (AP Photo/POLFOTO/Tariq Mikkel Khan)
Danish Minister for Climate and Energy Connie Hedegaard talks to reporters at the start of a two-day closed meeting of climate negotiators from nearly 40 countries who are preparing for the Copenhagen U.N. summit that starts on Dec. 7 in Copenhagen, Denmark on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Denmark's climate minister says next month's summit on climate change in Copenhagen must set a deadline for a legally binding document. (AP Photo/POLFOTO/Tariq Mikkel Khan)
Danish Minister for Climate and Energy Connie Hedegaard, left, talks to Chinese head of delegation Xie Zhenhua, at the start of a two-day closed meeting of climate negotiators from nearly 40 countries who are preparing for the Copenhagen U.N. summit that starts on Dec. 7 in Copenhagen, Denmark on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Denmark's climate minister says next month's summit on climate change in Copenhagen must set a deadline for a legally binding document. (AP Photo/POLFOTO/Tariq Mikkel Khan)
Danish Minister for Climate and Energy Connie Hedegaard talks to reporters at the start of a two-day closed meeting of climate negotiators from nearly 40 countries who are preparing for the Copenhagen U.N. summit that starts on Dec. 7 in Copenhagen, Denmark on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Denmark's climate minister says next month's summit on climate change in Copenhagen must set a deadline for a legally binding document. (AP Photo/POLFOTO/Tariq Mikkel Khan)
This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows a mountain of chemical ash in Gorlovka, Ukraine. In an era of climate change and carbon trading, Ukraine, ironically, is profiting from the smokeless smokestacks of its industrial shutdown. (AP Photo/John McConnico)
This Oct. 15, 2009 photo shows residents waiting for infrequent trains in Konstantinovka, Ukraine. In an era of climate change and carbon trading, Ukraine, ironically, is profiting from the smokeless smokestacks of its industrial shutdown. (AP Photo/John McConnico)
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