New tech helping regional district understand and avoid local climate change effects
NANAIMO — We know the damage floods and droughts do to the Nanaimo-area and now hopefully some new technology will be able to answer why it happens and how to avoid the damage in the future.
Two new environmental tracking stations are being installed within the Regional District of Nanaimo, one in French Creek and another in the upper Nanoose Creek watershed.
Watershed protection coordinator Julie Pisani told NanaimoNewsNOW the stations are important because they provide crucial info which will help avoid or handle the effects of climate change, such as wildfires, floods, extreme events and damage to fish habitats.
“We can understand which areas are at risk of rivers coming over their banks. We can see what’s happening as we get warmer, dryer summers and more intense rainfall in the winter time,” she said. “All of these events are increasing and projected to further increase in our region.”