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The B.C. government is warning many areas of the province could face a drought this summer because of the low snowpack levels in the mountains.
As a result, Environment Minister Barry Penner says the B.C. government is developing a 2010 drought response plan to guide government actions for low stream flows and drought conditions
With the exception of high-elevation areas on Vancouver Island and the South Coast, snowpacks across B.C. are all below normal.
The most affected areas are in the southern Interior regions of Nicola, Okanagan, Similkameen, West Kootenay, East Kootenay, Lower Columbia and in the northwestern Interior regions of Skeena, Nass, where snow levels are all substantially below normal.
CBC News
