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62% of B.C. under drought level 2 or 3 conditions as province urges voluntary conservation

B.C. will experience increased drought hazards this summer as much of the province remains dry. The government provided…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #bcdrought #bcdroughtlevel #CA #Canada #Science #Weather
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/11389/

“George Soares says being able to walk his dog across what is normally a riverbed is 'sad and great at the same time,' *providing new areas to explore* while prompting concerns about the province's ongoing drought.” Thanks, CBC, for always leading us to the “bright side” of catastrophe. I mean, who among us hasn’t said, I wish the river was dead so I could stroll its dusty bed? #drought #BCDrought https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/dry-nechako-riverbed-in-prince-george-1.7159123

Signs of worsening #BCdrought + #watersecurity for 2024. Snow levels now 39% below normal in British Columbia -- potential "challenges finding enough drinking water"

Through 2023:

* B.C. farmers cut off irrigation to their crops, lacked water to feed cattle #foodsecurity
* shortages of water for battling out-of-control #BCwildfires

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/drought-snow-levels-plunge-to-40-normal-1.7109143

Four water basins remain at highest level 5 severity. Yet, water-intensive #fracking continues in B.C.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-oil-gas-water-shortages-drought-1.7101670

The Tyee: BC Overhauls Water Management as Scarcity Looms https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/10/26/BC-Overhauls-Water-Management/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #MinistryofWater,LandandResourceStewardship #BCWaterSustainabilityAct #BCgroundwaterlicensing #BCwatershedprotection #BCMinistryofForests #BCwatermanagement #SoniaFurstenau #BCWildlifeAct #NathanCullen #BCdrought #BCLandAct #DavidEby

Logging of British Columbia's #OldGrowthForests increased -- despite government's assurances since overhaul to forestry practices 3 years ago.

#OldGrowthLogging increased by approximately 13% between 2020-2021.

Summer 2023: 400+ #BCwildfires/day plus #BCdrought of 60+% of water basins at highest severity level. Need biodiversity w/ old growth forests to support ecosystems, slow #ClimateChange.

#FairyCreek

Photo by TJ Watt, Ancient Forest Alliance, via CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/old-growth-logging-british-columbia-how-much-is-harvested-each-year-1.6987777

The Tyee: Why We Need a ‘Slow Water’ Movement https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/09/25/Why-We-Need-Slow-Water-Movement/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #WaterAlwaysWins:ThrivinginanAgeofDroughtandDeluge #LassenVolcanicNationalPark #FraserValleyfloodplain #HarveyS.Southamlecture #climatechangeandwater #UniversityofVictoria #DixiefireCalifornia #forestfiresandwater #sociohydrology #waterscarcity #sealevelrise #watercycle #BCdrought #EricaGies #SlowWater

#ClimateMarch in #Vancouver, Sept 15, 2023. Gives me hope. 💓 Vancouverites

Bittersweet in light of record-breaking #BCwildfires and #BCdrought this year.

#climate #ClimateAction

News and photos by CBC BC:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/climate-march-2023-1.6968741

Global News BC: Rationing, engineering help Tofino dodge Stage 4 water restrictions amid drought https://globalnews.ca/news/9961472/tofino-water-restrictions-drought/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Stage4waterrestrictions #VancouverIslanddrought #droughtconditions #WaterRestrictions #VancouverIsland #tofinodrought #Environment #bcdrought #Drought #Tofino

Global News BC: 1,200 British Columbians still on evacuation order, close to 400 wildfires still burning https://globalnews.ca/news/9958625/bc-wildfire-drought-update-september-13-2023/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #McDougallCreekwildfire #BushCreekEastwildfire #BruceRalston #Environment #WestKelowna #BCWildfire #bcdrought #BCweather #SalmonArm #BCSalmon #BowinnMa #Fire

Global News BC: Severe water restrictions in place for some Sunshine Coast residents https://globalnews.ca/news/9948204/severe-water-restrictions-sunshine-coast-residents/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #SunshineCoastwaterrestrictions #SunshineCoastRegionalDistrict #SunshineCoastwaterconditions #SunshineCoastwaterlimits #BCdroughtconditions #sunshinecoastwater #SunshineCoast #Environment #bcdrought #Weather

Global News BC: Pumping slated to start next week to keep Cowichan River flowing amid drought https://globalnews.ca/news/9942808/cowichan-river-p-umping-drought/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #VancouverIslanddrought #cowichanriverdrought #unprecedenteddrought #sustaineddrought #ClimateChange #CowichanRiver #Environment #BCWildfire #bcdrought #Drought

Global News BC: B.C. emergency officials to give update on wildfire, drought status https://globalnews.ca/news/9942758/bc-wildfire-drought-update-sept-6-2023/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #BushCreekEast #ClimateChange #BruceRalston #Environment #BCwildfires #WestKelowna #BCWildfire #ForestFire #bcdrought #BowinnMa #briefing #Wildfire #Weather #Drought

Global News BC: B.C. wildfires: Ministers to provide update as drought drags on https://globalnews.ca/news/9931654/bc-wildfire-update-drought-august-31-2023/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #McDougallCreekwildfire #BushCreekEastwildfire #BCEvacuationAlerts #BCevacuationorders #BCStateofEmergency #BCwildfirelatest #BCWildfireupdate #BruceRalston #BCWildfire #bcdrought #BCweather #BowinnMa #BCheat #Fire

35% of last #VancouverIsland #oldgrowth forests logged since 1993 #ClayoquotSound protests -- Add'l #BritishColumbia #Deforestation ➡️ 30-year span

"Fueled by #climatecrisis and exacerbated by large-scale industrial degradation of forest landscapes. Temperate old-growth rainforests are considered the most resilient and carbon-rich type of forest in B.C., with the best chance of withstanding the risk of fire, heatwaves, droughts, and floods."

#BCWildfires #BCdrought

https://sierraclub.bc.ca/more-than-a-third-of-vancouver-islands-last-old-growth-forests-logged-since-1993-clayoquot-protests/

So glad we received some rain last night 🌧️

The bad news: That rain in B.C. brought 35 additional #BCwildfires in the past 24 hours ... due to lightning 🌩️

#BCdrought #BCWildfires

Global News BC: The grass that’s greener in drought stricken B.C. might have been painted https://globalnews.ca/news/9925549/grass-painting-trend-bc-drought/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #MetroVancouverwaterrestrictions #PortCoquitlamuglylawncontest #Chilliwackuglylawncontest #WaterRestrictions #ArtificialGrass #lawnpainting #Lawnwatering #Environment #goldenlawns #bcdrought #Weather

Global News BC: Lions Bay closes trail access due to ‘ongoing wildfire risks’ https://globalnews.ca/news/9921918/lions-bay-closes-trails-access-wildfire-risks/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #LionsBaytrailsclosed #VillageofLionsBay #LionsBaytrails #Environment #BCwildfires #BCWildfire #bcdrought #LionsBay #Canada #Fire #BC

70+% volunteers.

More than 70% of firefighters 🧑🏻‍🚒 across Canada are volunteers, according to a 2022 report from the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs (CAFC).

Over 13.6 million hectares have burned in Canada as of Aug. 16, 2023. 🪵🔥🪵

#CanadaWildfires #BCWildfires #BCdrought #climatecrisis

https://www.cbc.ca/news/climate/volunteer-firefighting-1.6947097

#BCwildfires, as of Aug 25, 2023:

🔥 364 active wildfires
🔥 scorched almost 18,000 sq Km of land in B.C.
🔥 almost 30,000 people forced out of homes
🔥 71% of the fires caused by lightning
🔥 23% triggered by human activity

#climatechange #climatecrisis #wildfires #BCdrought

https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/131-structures-destroyed-but-no-lives-lost-in-shuswap-b-c-wildfire/article_cacf7a8c-adc0-5879-ad2b-0776fd034adc.html

British Columbia drought levels worsen. 65% of B.C.'s water basins are at the highest #BCdrought levels 🏜️​🪵🔥​😓

Highest level 5 severity across B.C. 34 water basins over past month:

July 23, 2023 = 25% level 5 severity (8 basins)
Aug 3, 2023 = 32% level 5 severity (11 basins)
Aug 17, 2023 = 56% level 5 severity (19 basins)
Aug 24, 2023 = 65% level 5 severity (22 basins)

source: BC Government Drought Map

#climatechange #BCheatwave #BCwildfires #BCwildfire #watersecurity #waterrestrictions

Global News BC: Ways to navigate your mental health during devastating B.C. wildfire season https://globalnews.ca/news/9913392/mental-health-devastating-bc-wildfire-season/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #mentalhealthandwildfires #OKANAGANWILDFIRES #MentalHealth #BCwildfires #bcheatwave #BCInterior #bcdrought #Features #Okanagan #Fire