Nevada snowpack improves, but deficits persist • Nevada Current

Nevada snowpack improves, but deficits persist • Nevada Current

Hole in Mountain SNOTEL, East Humboldt Mountains, Clover Valley Basin, February 27, 2025 (Photo Credit: Logan Jamison, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service)A string of storms in California and Nevada brought some moisture back to the West this winter, improving snowpack in the region, but not enough to erase deficits in the state. Snowpack is a crucial source of water for Nevada and the West. As snowpack melts, it recharges ecosystems and…

Record low March 1 #snowpack in some #NewMexico watersheds — John Fleck (InkStain.net) #RioGrande #ColoradoRiver

Click the link to read the article on the InkStain.net website (John Fleck): March 4, 2025 The preliminary March 1 runoff forecast from Karl Wetlaufer, the federal government employee at the USDA’s Natural Resource Conservation Service who provides vital information to help us make informed water management decisions, is yikes: As Wetlaufer noted in the email discussion he distributes each month to New Mexico water managers, it’s a bit tricky …

Nevada snowpack improves, but deficits persist

A string of storms in California and Nevada brought some moisture back to the West this winter, improving snowpack in the region, but not enough to erase deficits in the state. Continue reading…