Late in the evening on April 9 during a sub-tropical storm system producing mostly rain and showers in California and Nevada, Lake Tahoe once again went above its rim and connects to the Truckee River at Tahoe City. The Lake has been below its rim since fall of 2014. The Lake has risen more than Continue Reading »
California news outlets report that the April 1, 2016 snow surveys show that the snowpack is running slightly above to slightly below average in the northern and central Sierra Nevada and decreasing to around 75% as you move southward along the range. Southern California and southern Nevada and Arizona have below average snowpacks reported by the California Resource Agency and the Continue Reading »
Soon the NRCS (US Natural Resource Conservation Service) will do the April 1 snow survey. That survey – generally the last one for the 2015-16 season will undoubtedly be much improved over the last one for the 2014-2015 winter season. However, is it a drought busting winter? Not too likely at this point. Will it be Continue Reading »
In western Nevada and the Sierra to the east of the crest, It did snow; it did rain; there were some cold nights; the snowpack was above average; the snowpack was below average; now with spring here and March two-thirds history, how the snowpack will finish is “up-in-the-air”. The Truckee River is flowing much more than last year Continue Reading »
The TROA (Truckee River Operating Agreement) took 27 years to be finished and lawsuits against the Agreement (actually completed in 2008) settled or withdrawn. Now that the celebrations are done and TROA is implemented, what are the benefits to the over all health of the Truckee River? Water purchases for water quality to increase water in the Truckee River below Continue Reading »