Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Low water exposes rocks and mud at Hawk Creek Campground on Lake Roosevelt near Davenport on Wednesday due to below-normal snowpack.
DAVENPORT - Low snowpack in Eastern Washington has melted weeks ahead of schedule in many areas, leaving Lincoln County's dryland wheat farmers to rely more on spring rain and local soil moisture than distant mountain runoff as they head into the growing season.
USDA-NRCS Snow Survey water supply specialist Toby Rodgers and National Weather Service meteorologist Jeremy Wolf in Spokane analyzed the April 1 Washington Water Supply Outlook Report.
"Snowpack as of Monday, April 13, is considered below normal for the Spokane (54% of normal), Upper Columbia (69% of normal), and Central Columbia (50%...
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