A coastal First Nation’s Guardians are ‘testing the water’ to prepare for climate change – Times Colonist

The We Wai Kai First Nation’s environmental stewards are partnering with other local groups to map and monitor wetlands, watersheds and streams on Quadra Island

A coastal First Nation’s Guardian team is gearing up to limit the impacts of drought in their traditional ­territories on northeast Vancouver Island.

The We Wai Kai First Nation’s environmental ­stewards are partnering with other local groups to map and monitor wetlands, watersheds and streams on Quadra Island as summers get hotter and drier, said Guardian program manager Shane Pollard.

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Drought in the northeastern Vancouver Island water basin, which includes We Wai Kai territory and Quadra Island, is increasingly common.

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