General Awareness:
	Precipitation: 1 mm of rain was measured this week.  34 mm of rain were measured so far this month.  No snow or hail.  We are 25.4 mm below average (57% of average) for June-so-far.  The water-year-to-date is a deficit from the average of 78.9 mm or 94% of average.  
	Weather Observations: There was some wind this week, with a mixture of sun & overcast.  Some mornings have been foggy. 
	Drought Monitoring Assessments: The most recent (June 18) drought assessment from the province has Northern Vancouver Island at D3, while the Central Coast is D1.  The Keogh, & Zaballos Rivers are reported to have “marginal” stream flow with potential for “significant or irreversible harm” to the ecosystem.  The Tsitika River is rated as “suboptimal” for flow volume (with potential for “significant or irreversible harm” to the ecosystem).  The Klakish River is showing a record low water level.  San Josef River is below normal.  The Wakeman is above normal water level.   The Kingcome River is reading normal flow.  The most recent AgCan drought map (May 31, 2026) shows Northern Vancouver Island as D0.  
Business & Industry:
	Fishing closures for tidal areas 12-18 & 12-19: Chinook & sockeye are non-retention.  Yelloweye rockfish & white sturgeon are non-retention.  Bivalves & king crab are closed. 
Energy:
	Need for heating/cooling of homes: There’s been no need to heat the house, we are drying our laundry on the line.
Fire:
	Fire Danger: High as per yesterday’s BC Wildfire Service evaluation.
	Prescribed Burns: There are no OFTS burns registered in our region.
	Burn Bans: Coastal Fire Centre has placed a burn ban on Category 2 & 3 fires for the North Island Mid Coast Fire Zone.   Only small campfires & stoves are permitted.  
	Wildfire: According to wildfiresituation.nrs.gov.bc.ca, a very small wildfire was discovered near Cabin Main Road south of Port McNeill yesterday.  It is not expected to spread.  No other known active fires are in the area.

Plants & Wildlife: Salmon berries huge, juicy, & plentiful.  I have harvested 3 lbs of strawberries from the garden in the last 3 days.  The raspberries are tasty, but sparse. Poppies, California lilac, honeysuckle and wild & garden roses are all blooming.  Eagles, corvids, and songbirds are active in the neighborhood.  A very rare North Pacific Right Whale was spotted & photographed off of Bere Point this week: a wonderful reason to make the national news.
Society & Public Health: BCCDC Respiratory Virus Activity  Report for June 4th says that Influenza B is low to moderate & decreasing, Influeza A, RSV, & CoViD-19 are all low & stable.  As of June 18, no measles cases are active in BC. 
Tourism & Recreation:  June Sports has just wrapped up.  The pocket cruise boats haven’t been by this week, but they were here the week before and are expected later in the week (just in time for forcasted rain). 
Water Supply & Quality:   Raw data from Obswell 201 indicate that our water table has been a little above average since the last week of May.  Now the well is showing a depth of 6.48m to the water table, which is the 33 cm higher than this time last year.