WA’s sunny days spell trouble for snowpack
One water manager described the situation — below-normal snowpack coupled with a statewide drought emergency — as "ominous." ...
Nevada snowpack takes a turn for the worse following warm, dry conditions
Snowpack in the Lake Tahoe and Truckee River basins — major sources of water for the Reno-Sparks area — declined by about 50% ...
Dry January leads to lower snowpack levels for B.C., officials say
The B.C. River Forecast Centre says that a historically dry January in many parts of B.C. means snowpack levels across the ...
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B.C. snowpack at 72% of normal as of Feb. 1 after ‘extremely dry’ January
British Columbia's average snowpack measured 28 per cent below normal at the start of February, after an "extremely dry" ...
Colorado snowpack, after a dry January, is near normal in north — and dismal in some places
A dry January across Colorado and the rest of the Rocky Mountain West has created a dichotomy of water haves and have-nots.
Snowpack in the Rockies is lagging well below average. Colorado River forecasters still see hope on the horizon.
The Colorado River relies heavily on snowpack in the Upper Basin states — Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming — that melts ...
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Flatlining salmon and steelhead numbers in the Columbia Basin are a success and a cautionary tale
Jeremy FiveCrows, communications director for the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC), said 15 to 20 million adult salmon and steelhead returned to the basin historically ...
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WA’s sunny days spell trouble for snowpack
“It’s not great,” she said. The Olympic Peninsula currently sits at around 81% of normal snowpack, while the upper and central Columbia River basin sits at 86% and 75% of normal ...