Coping With Another Year of Drought
Early in April the United States Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack sent a letter to Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak indicating that he had designated 13 counties in Nevada as primary counties for disaster. These counties were listed as counties for disaster due to drought under federal law. This also qualified four additional counties in the […]
Water Outlook: NRCS Here to Help Navigate Water Availability Through Snow Survey and Farm Bill Programs
Each year the USDA, Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) snow survey and streamflow forecasting program tracks water supply conditions to meet the needs of the public. Snowpack, precipitation, air temperature and soil moisture are monitored by the agency’s network of 90 SNOTEL (Snow Telemetry) weather stations distributed across Nevada and the eastern Sierra. Additionally, snow […]