Extreme weather conditions, such as floods, and even events thousands of kilometres away like wildfires, are affecting our communities.
The 2023 wildfire season set records as the most destructive ever. With high levels of wildfire smoke and air pollution, it impacted the entire country, including the Credit River Watershed. Ontario health costs are estimated at $1.2 billion for a single week of poor air quality, including premature deaths, increased hospital visits and health emergencies.
Now, 2024 is the wettest summer to date. Credit Valley Conservation recorded extreme rainfall events across the watershed with localized flooding and closures in urban communities. Flooding can cause major infrastructure damage, threaten public safety and contaminate our drinking water.
The results are in on heat too. This summer beat last year’s record, it’s now the hottest recorded.
If you own a rural property, you may be concerned about your well running dry during drought periods, impacts to plants and wildlife as they try to cope with extreme weather, or protecting food production in an unpredictable climate.
However, you can make your property more resilient to change. We’ll show you how. Enhancing fields, forests and wetland habitats on your property can improve water quality and quantity, support wildlife and capture carbon. Hear from landowners making positive changes so their properties are climate-ready and resilient in our Conservation is Happening Here video series.
Learn more on October 29, 2024, at our Care for Your Land Webinar. Don’t miss your chance to speak with land care experts and receive practical guidance on assessing risks and making improvements to your property. Register now
Caring for your land is climate action. Let us help you care for your land and water to make your property climate-ready, too.
Discover More
- Welcoming Wetlands Improves Farm Resiliency
- Making a Meadow on a Country Property
- Nurturing Plantations to Natural Forests
Climate Change and Your Health Recorded Webinars
Our Climate is Changing – Learn what our watershed is telling us about the climate.