The Nevada Independent All Nevada drought designations are likely to lift by this spring, according to data released Thursday by the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center. Small pockets of Southern Nevada remain under a drought designation, but those are likely to be removed by the end of March. A little more than a year ago, 100 percent of Nevada was in … [Read more...]

By Daniel Rothberg The Nevada Independent When snowpack in the eastern Sierra runs off into the Truckee River each spring, it hits several reservoirs before winding through Reno and flowing into Pyramid Lake. During the past couple of months, so much snow fell on the Truckee Basin — about 185 percent of normal for this time of the year — that more water will enter the … [Read more...]