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Liz Writes Life: Those who don’t support agriculture should stop eating Liz Bowen Liz Writes Life Kimberly DeVall, public affairs officer for Klamath National Forest sent out disappointing information on Friday. (Remember, it isn’t her fault!) As the Forest Service employees measured the snowpack around Scott Valley, they found an “extreme plunge” in the snowpack levels. Warm weather and lack of additional snowfall along with high-elevation rain storms drastically affected the snow that was up at the 5,000 to 6,000 foot levels. DeVall said that the early-May survey showed the snowpack is at 21 percent of the historic average and the water equivalent is at 18 percent. This was found at all the survey areas from Scott Mt., to the Boulders and on Salmon Mt. behind Etna. So this is bad news. ....
I decided to check several Sacramento River Basin snowpack locations on the California Department of Water Resources website and found that the Mt. Shasta spot was very low at 51 percent of average with 68 inches at the 7,900 ft. elevation. But there was a nice above average in the Gray Rocks Lakes of the Castle Crags area of the basin with 73 inches recorded at the 6,200 ft. level giving that location 109 of the historical average. On April 1, I noticed ranchers were turning their legal water right allotments out on fields and pastures. I do believe the warm spring temps have dried-out the soil more than expected. Right now, it looks like I will need to hand-irrigate every two to three days. Because it could still freeze my plastic pipes, I will not turn on the garden water for a while yet. The 25 garlic are six-inches high, rhubarb is really starting to grow and the volunteer lettuce is about an inch tall. ....
Oregon Mountain covered in snow this morning. [Image from Caltrans Traffic Cam]Snow is piling on mountain passes this morning. Caltrans QuickMap shows that chains are required on all major highways in Trinity County. In addition, Caltrans warns, “All big rigs traveling on northbound I-5 are being screened for chains 10 miles north of Redding at Fawndale. All big rigs must show chains to continue northbound.” Below is a list of where traffic is being affected. Bookmark this page as we’ll keep updating this list below. (We update in green.) Major Highways–Here’s What We Know: Interstate 5: Big rigs are no longer being screened for chains at Fawndale, 10 miles north of Redding. Traffic is returning to normal. ....