The April snow survey reveals the lowest snowpack on record in British Columbia, increasing the risk of drought this spring and summer.
VANCOUVER — The April snow survey from the BC River Forecast Centre shows the lowest snowpack on record in British Columbia .
The latest monthly snow survey released Wednesday includes data from weather stations around the province. The centre said 95 per cent of the seasonal snowpack typically accumulates as of the April survey. Boyd said the low snowpack, impacts of drought from previous years and the seasonal forecast are all cause for provincewide concern about drought, though it is too early to know for certain.
He said the low snowpack may also affect the fire season, though weather, specifically rain, will play a more important role. The drought was so severe last summer that the government brought in temporary protection orders for numerous rivers as flows declined and threatened spawning populations of fish.
Nathan Cullen, B.C.'s minister of water, land and resource stewardship, said in a news release Wednesday that another potential drought is"concerning."
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