Associated Press: Climate-change specialists are visiting Forest Service offices in the agency’s Northern Region to educate employees about shifting climatic conditions and their ramifications. “We’re almost on the cusp of an ecosystem shift,” Faith Ann Heinsch, a University of Montana professor of climatology, said at a recent session in Billings. “If we don’t increase our summer precipitation and our winter precipitation falls as rain, we’ll be looking at some interesting changes. Water issues will …