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The Idaho Department of Water Resources estimates about 900 groundwater rights dating back as far as 1953 could be shut off this year.
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Idaho’s mountains have bountiful snow reserves as we enter the new year, but that hasn’t moved the needle on the state’s drought situation over the past week.
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Airborne Snow Observatories flies planes over watersheds and beams masses of laser pulses each second to the snowpack below to create elevation maps. The maps help calculate snow depth and the water supply forecast across the West.
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Recent storms brought mountain snowpack above normal levels across much of the West, but the precipitation only slightly improves the region's long-term drought conditions.
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“We are careening towards this future where our mountains no longer have the snowpack that we have come to expect them to have to meet our downstream water needs."
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Idaho Matters checks in with Natural Resources Conservation Service Water Supply Specialist Erin Wharton and Idaho Snow Survey Supervisor Corey Loveland about the state's water and snow picture.
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The pandemic has changed so much when it comes to indoor hobbies. But as the virus has driven more folks outdoors, it’s opened up an opportunity for…
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In much of the West, snowpack levels have historically been one of the more reliable ways to determine whether a drought was coming. But a new study...
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Overall, Idaho has had a pretty good winter when it comes to snowfall. What does that mean for the state’s precipitation picture? Frankie Barnhill…
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It was a dry start to the year for some mountain ranges in the region, but recent storms brought most Mountain West snowpack levels back to normal. Aside…