Concern for Colorado reservoir water levels as drought conditions persist
There are many ways to gauge the severity of a drought. This winter in Colorado, all you have to do is look around. “The stream flows across the state have been really, really, really down throughout the whole fall season, so that is an indicator,” said Karl Wetlaufer. Wetlaufer is a rafter, so he pays attention to stream flow. It’s also part of his job as a hydrologist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service Snow Survey Program.
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