By Daniel Rothberg, The Nevada Independent When it comes to water, Mother Nature is picking favorites in the North-South rivalry. Nevada water managers have closely watched the snow for months to determine how much water would be available as runoff for drinking and farming in a dry year for much of the lower Western states. For most of the season, the snowpack, from … [Read more...]
‘Miracle’ March needed to boost snowpack
Water watchers in Northern Nevada are looking for a March “miracle” of precipitation to boost mountain snowpack levels well above normal and help the region begin recovering from four years of drought. “Even though this year’s (mountain) snowpack is the deepest since 2011, we haven’t come close to making up the moisture deficits caused by the last four years of drought,” … [Read more...]