Opinion: Healthy watersheds are potent natural defences for our towns, cities and businesses but many in B.C. need repair due to decades of mismanagement and damage.
This includes restoring wetlands and marshes that act like sponges to slow floodwaters, natural stream banks that shade spawning salmon during extreme heat, and mature forests that combat drought by absorbing rain and snow in the winter and releasing it when it’s dry.
The good news is the B.C. government has recognized the benefits of watershed security by creating a long-term The not-so-good news is this initial investment is a drop in the bucket compared to the need. B.C.’s Forest Renewal program in the 1990s spent an average of $60 million annually over five years, restoring 150 of 1,100 priority watersheds .
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