The letter stressed that without the cuts being reversed, the SNOTEL system would be inoperable within a year, which would bring "adverse impacts to Oregon’s water users and economy." ...

Federal cutbacks are threatening the Pacific Northwest’s ability to manage its water supplies and keep people safe from ...

Agencies that keep tabs on Northwest rivers and snowpack have been shedding scientists under the Trump administration.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service does two key things in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. The first is that they maintain the SNOTEL network of roughly 300 weather stations that measure ...

Only five employees remain. The Oregon lawmakers said reversing that decision — and restoring the small agency's budget — was critical given the office maintains two vital resources.

They rely on SNOTEL data that looks at snow depth ... Professor David Hill runs the water resources graduate program at Oregon State University. He says NRCS data is used to make water supply ...