snowpack

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A least one boat ramp at Lake Tahoe won't be opening to motorized vessels this summer due to low water levels caused by an unusually dry…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The water content of California's Sierra Nevada snowpack is well below normal as the wet season winds down.The state Department of…

Lake Mead is again in danger of dropping low enough to trigger a federally declared water shortage, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.A study from the…

Record-breaking wildfires in 2020 turned huge swaths of Western forests into barren burn scars. Those forests store winter snowpack that millions of…

California's weather turned largely dry in January and has left the water content of the Sierra Nevada snowpack below average for this time of year. The…

Nevada depends on snow melt from the mountains for its water supply, so scientists from the USDA closely monitor snow levels throughout the winter to help…

Northern Nevada's snowpack is starting the new year strong, but officials warn it will take several more significant storms this winter to replenish area…

State water officials say December storms gave California a promising snowpack. The Department of Water Resources says the amount of water contained in…

The West’s water security is wrapped up in snow. When it melts, it becomes drinking and irrigation water for millions throughout the region. A high…

DENVER (AP) — The early season snowstorms that hit the Rocky Mountain region this fall have boosted snowpack levels between two and three times the…