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Feb snowpack   The snowpack continues to increase slowly across all basins during water year 2021. Despite a few large storms at the beginning and end of January, snowpack and precipitation totals are below normal across all basins as of February 1. Bear River Basin is the driest at 67%. The basin that is closest to normal is Payette at 95%. Fortunately, a few large storm events during January raised the snow water content (SWE) in all basins from 0.8” to 13” over the month.   Streamflow, snowpack, and precipitation data for each basin can be accessed on the NRCS Idaho Snow Survey web p...

Short term weather forecast is good news for snowfields BOISE, Idaho (KIFI)-The Idaho Water Supply Committee met in Boise Friday to review the state’s current conditions.  Experts estimate 25% of the state is in drought condition, with the worst outlook expected in the Wood River Valley and Lost River Basin areas.   Over the last four months, more severe drought is beginning to settle over the Bear River area into the northern Wasatch region of Utah. NRCS hydrologists say their biggest concerns include the Bear, Portneuf, Wood, and Lost River basins, where below normal run-off is expecte...

Will Strength learned to be a good dad from the experience of having two daughters, Kristina and Shyanne, involved in Pocatello/Chubbuck Head Start. Beyond the immediate benefits of early childhood learning for his daughters and social activities with other kids, it was actually the parent-involvement activities that gave Strength a window into a new and different life — a better life. As the Christmas season approaches, Strength is especially grateful looking back how the whole experience changed his life. “I didn’t even know I was a dead-beat dad,” Strength says. “T...