Fundamental changes in climate create serious implications for soil, water, plants, and animals, including loss of native species, change in the timing of life events such as migration or initiation of breeding, reduced local biodiversity, stranding of trees in unsuitable habitat, increased evapo-transpiration, plant diebacks due to drought stress, catastrophic forest fires, increased pest risks, reduction of mountain snow packs, and peak spring runoff from snowmelt shifting to earlier in the season.