Yampa River file photo
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — While researchers are still sounding the alarm about drought this summer, a group of researchers from around the Yampa Valley found the snow that fell between Jan. 30 and Feb. 13 to be the sixth-wettest two-week period since 2000 with 15 inches snow water equivalent across the Yampa River Basin.
The study was led primarily by Marty Ralph, director of the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes and a participant in the Yampa River Basin Rendesvouz.
Ralph said the Upper Colorado Basin, including the Yampa River, is incredibly important to understanding water around other parts of the Western United States, which is why his center in San Diego took interest in the topic.