Dry, Dry Again

Summary


It has become a message that is repeated all too often: The mountain snowpack along the eastern slopes of the Cascades is tracking well behind normal this winter, which in turn could mean a pretty grim outlook for water supplies this spring and summer in the Yakima River Basin.

But this year we're not alone. Snowfall has been so light in all the state's mountain ranges that drought looms as a statewide phenomenon, including in the populous (and normally waterlogged, Puget Sound region.

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Dry, Dry Again

Nothing said here can produce more snow in the mountains, where it's needed to fill the basin's five reservoirs in the spring. But a...

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