Drought Information
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Alberta River Basins rivers.alberta.ca
Provincial river flow and depth data; lake levels; water advisories; precipitation data
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Government of Alberta Drought webpage www.alberta.ca/drought
Government of Alberta webpage with drought info and resources for municipalities and agriculture
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Drought and Flood Protection Program https://www.alberta.ca/drought-and-flood-protection-program
Municipalities and Indigenous communities can apply for funding to help build drought and flood protection projects.
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Alberta Climate Information Service acis.alberta.ca
Current and historical weather data, climate data, projections and maps; climate forecasts; soil moisture, drought, fire and pest mapsa
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Alberta agricultural moisture situation update open.alberta.ca/publications/moisture-situation-update
Summary of agricultural moisture and maps
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Groundwater Observation Well Network www.alberta.ca/lookup/groundwater-observation-well-network.aspx
List of monitoring wells in Alberta and the data collected from the wells
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Alberta Native Plant Council anpc.ab.ca
Information on native plants and how they can support drought resiliency
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Alberta Water Council awchome.ca/projects/resources-support-drought-management-32/
Resources to support drought management including the resources used in the workshop – handbook, factsheets & handouts
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Environment and Climate Change Canada seasonal forecasts weather.gc.ca/saisons/prob_e.html
Weather and Climate info, projections and maps
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Alberta Surface Water Quality Data alberta.ca/surface-water-quality-data.aspx
A portal to download publicly available provincial water quality data
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Alberta Wildfire Webpage alberta.ca/alberta-wildfire.aspx
Provincial information on wildfires
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Environment and Climate Change Canada Water Office wateroffice.ec.gc.ca/index_e.html
Current and historic water flow and level data and graphing
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Environment and Climate Change Canada Climate Data climate.weather.gc.ca/
Current and historical climate and weather data
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Alberta Climate Records albertaclimaterecords.com/
Interactive provincial climate data and analysis
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute biodiversityandclimate.abmi.ca/
Info on Alberta biodiversity and some strategies for drought adaptation
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Canada Agriculture Weather and Drought webpage agriculture.canada.ca/en/agricultural-production/weather
Info and analysis on agricultural drought
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Climate Atlas of Canada https://climateatlas.ca
Interactive climate information for Canada
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Government of Alberta Drought webpage www.alberta.ca/drought
Government of Alberta webpage with drought info and resources for municipalities and agriculture
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Alberta Water Tool alberta-watertool.com/
A website that pulls together water availability and licensed use.