The relationship between water and fixing soil carbon is nowhere so evident as when water is absent. Highway infrastructure projects have the potential to impact riparian areas, and project planning needs to be alive to this. The Saskatchewan Prairie Resilience Strategy has this to say: Our water strategy assesses past drought events, identifies where floods are most likely to happen and how severe they might be, and conducts continued assessment of water resources. This knowledge guides planning for infrastructure such as roads and highways as well as land use policies. A recent highways project to divert water from our pasture and drain it downstream into a ditch is a case-in-point of the granular level of implementation necessary if the ambitions of the climate change strategy is to have any efficacy. These minor projects can not be assumed to be insignificant, as they drive the organizational cultural shift out of the silo of what is strictly efficient for Highways to anticipate collateral impacts. Water may be a liability for Highways, but it is the life-blood of our pasture and draining it off as waste to be dumped into a ditch is not acceptable. Here is a playlist of water conditions on the pasture.
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