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Could re-flooding the Sumas Prairie help buttress Abbotsford against climate change?
The B.C. government drained Sumas Lake in the 1920s to make room for farmland, displacing the Sumas First Nation and its members.
#globalnews #Environment #BCFlooding #ClimateChange #SumasLake
https://globalnews.ca/news/10542077/sumas-prairie-lake-re-flood-climate-change/
Could re-flooding the Sumas Prairie help buttress Abbotsford against climate change?

The B.C. government drained Sumas Lake in the 1920s to make room for farmland, displacing the Sumas First Nation and its members.

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Global News BCJun 4, 2024
Could re-flooding the Sumas Prairie help buttress Abbotsford against climate change?
The B.C. government drained Sumas Lake in the 1920s to make room for farmland, displacing the Sumas First Nation and its members.
#globalnews #Environment #BCFlooding #ClimateChange #SumasLake
https://globalnews.ca/news/10542077/sumas-prairie-lake-re-flood-climate-change/
Could re-flooding the Sumas Prairie help buttress Abbotsford against climate change?

The B.C. government drained Sumas Lake in the 1920s to make room for farmland, displacing the Sumas First Nation and its members.

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Global NewsJun 4, 2024
Could re-flooding the Sumas Prairie help buttress Abbotsford against climate change?
The B.C. government drained Sumas Lake in the 1920s to make room for farmland, displacing the Sumas First Nation and its members.
#globalnews #Environment #BCFlooding #ClimateChange #SumasLake
https://globalnews.ca/news/10542077/sumas-prairie-lake-re-flood-climate-change/
Could re-flooding the Sumas Prairie help buttress Abbotsford against climate change?

The B.C. government drained Sumas Lake in the 1920s to make room for farmland, displacing the Sumas First Nation and its members.

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Real Estate Foundation of BCDec 8, 2022

'The “re-emergence” of Sumas Lake killed farm animals, destroyed property, and threatened livelihoods. It also provided an opportunity to take stock of what has become of fish habitat here.'
- Peter S. Ross, senior scientist, Raincoast Conservation Foundation

https://vancouversun.com/opinion/peter-s-ross-we-need-to-understand-the-extent-to-which-floods-further-degrade-fish-habitat

#SumasLake #BCpoli #flooding #fish

| Vancouver Sun

Opinion: Sampling of chemicals in floodwaters suggests we must do better to protect fish, including salmon

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Real Estate Foundation of BCNov 14, 2022

A year after catastrophic #flooding in the #FraserValley not enough is being done to restore nature and stop a repeat, some experts say. “The Lower Mainland flood management strategy needs a hard reset.”

Read the latest Going With the Flow story by The Narwhal: https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-flooding-atmospheric-river-recovery-solutions/

#NatureBasedSolutions #SumasLake

More dikes and bigger dams could be a multi-billion dollar mistake: here’s how B.C. could 'build back better’

A year after catastrophic floods in B.C.'s Fraser Valley, some are concerned the recovery is too focused on trying to fight water with bigger engineering, instead of embracing a global movement to work with water and prioritize nature-based solutions

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🇨🇦 Maverick ✊🇲🇲🇺🇦🇻🇪🇬🇱Nov 17, 2021

Perhaps pumping all the water out of a lake and installing 4 pumps to hold back all the water, just so you could sell the land underneath, wasn’t such a great idea afterall. In hindsight, its amazing it lasted this long. #sumaslake #SumasPrairie

https://apple.news/AY_LSoNJzR1qWSTJDQku05A

Abbotsford, B.C., officials urge immediate evacuation of Sumas Prairie citing possible catastrophic flooding — CBC News

Officials in Abbotsford, B.C., are urging all residents who were told to evacuate the Sumas Prairie earlier Tuesday to leave immediately, saying current conditions pose "a significant risk to life."