What is snowpack and why is so critical to life in the West?
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Western snow is good news for Colorado River Basin
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Climate change is shriveling critical snowpacks across the
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Snowpack in the West is melting rapidly. Where will all that extra
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A cleaner snow future mitigates Northern Hemisphere snowpack loss
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See California Snowpack Levels After December Storms – NBC Los Angeles
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What is snowpack and why is so critical to life in the West?
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Snowpack in the West is melting rapidly. Where will all that extra
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Increasing wildfire impacts on snowpack in the western U.S.
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California Snowpack Ahead of Normal Pace
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California's snowpack is now the deepest in decades - Los Angeles
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Lake Mead may get a boost as Rockies snowpack off to strong start
Spring snowpack has shrunk significantly in the last 40 years