The list of counties declaring agricultural disasters in Alberta’s south grew last summer, sometimes day by day.
County of Forty Mile, July 12. Cardston County, July 17. Municipal District of Taber, July 18.
By mid-August, more than a dozen counties across Alberta had declared “agricultural disasters.” Think of agricultural disaster declarations as a sort of signal flare shot into the sky by these municipalities, which had been dry for months, saying, “We need help.”
And consider it a prelude to what’s projected for this year. Multiple factors are projected to put pressure on something many take for granted in day-to-day life — water.
While the whole
