Climate Change in the Huron River Watershed

There is some uncertainty about climate change impacts in the future, but here in the humid midwest we can generally anticipate warmer overall temperatures and more intense rainfall events. This means warmer water temperatures effecting the plants, fish and other aquatic organisms that help keep our rivers healthy and clean. It also means increased precipitation and flooding in winter and spring and potentially drier summers and falls with droughts becoming more common. See  Huron River Report Climate Change Edition, Winter 2009 for details about climate change at the watershed level.

HRWC believes that we can take action now that will make our communities and the watershed’s ecosystems more resilient. HRWC wants to work with stakeholders in the watershed to build future scenarios of climate change, develop practices that anticipate and minimize its impacts, and advocate for and help implement these practices.