Lorne Fitch, a longtime fisheries biologist and former adjunct professor at the University of Calgary, is often out on a boat, checking out the headwaters of the Oldman River.
“It’s been an interesting view of a year that doesn’t seem to follow anything that resembles a normal pattern,” Fitch said.
In Alberta, June typically brings high levels of rain, which hasn’t been the case this year.
Snowpacks also disappeared, on average, about a month earlier than they would have in a normal year, according to Paul Christensen, a senior fisheries biologist with Alberta Environment and Protected Areas.
It’s led to impacts on the natural cycle
