Rising sea levels are a growing threat to B.C.'s coast, especially to estuaries that provide vital habitat and food sources for wildlife.
Posted: Jun. 5, 2023 6:00PMa natural wonder rich with nutrition and habitat, where the ocean’s salt water and Cowichan and Koksilah rivers meet.
But the vital estuary, ranked as a Class 1 for protection due to its international importance to hundreds of species of wildlife, is now facing rising sea levels that threaten to destroy the watershed. “So birds will be stopping in here on their migrations, obviously salmon production. So it’s an internationally significant wetland,” said Reid.Sign up for the CHEK Now daily email newsletter to get breaking news and the day's top stories sent to your email.
It comes to benefit wildlife like migratory birds and species at risk, including wild Pacific Salmon that rely on the estuary for survival.
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