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7. Low levels of water storage <br />➢ 2002 PAWS enacted drought surcharges <br />➢ Average consumption down since 2002 across any regions <br />8. Fisheries were depleted (fires, low flow conditions) <br />9. Air quality decreased due to fires <br />10. Impact on animals in general <br />➢ Not enough knowledge about potential impacts <br />➢ Could use this knowledge to protect most threatened by climate change <br />➢ Using species as indicators <br />Taryn Hutchin's Cabibi's Group <br />Impacts of 2002 <br />➢ Livestock impacts /agriculture <br />➢ Increased agriculture efficiency <br />➢ Municipal demand due to less precipitation <br />➢ Negative impact to recreation industry (fly- fishing and rafting) <br />➢ Tree stress /ecosystem <br />➢ Fires <br />➢ Summer camp delays (due to fire and safety concerns <br />➢ Economic impacts <br />➢ Aquatic hatches were altered <br />➢ Health impacts (air quality) <br />➢ Heightened awareness: spurred water conservation position <br />➢ Dry riverbeds <br />➢ Had to pump water to plant to treat due to dry river conditions <br />➢ Change approach to farming sustainability and storage <br />What went wrong? What could have been avoided? <br />)0- No mitigation practices for fires in place <br />➢ No conservation plans <br />➢ Mitigation for fires from homes <br />➢ Struggled to get water for fire prevention <br />➢ After fire response: water quality mudslides <br />➢ Better buffering to respond to dry wells (year to year) <br />What information that could have helped? <br />➢ Reserved grazing allotments to aid ranchers during drought for USFS <br />➢ More information on aquifer status /health <br />➢ Municipal backup: dry wells or call <br />➢ Snowpack information (moisture content) <br />➢ Evaporative rates <br />➢ Snowpack to runoff information <br />➢ Community outreach education <br />➢ More formulated response to reduce sediment loading impacts <br />➢ Better training for post fire response <br />➢ Information on how to protect trees, etc <br />