"#Permaculture Institute of North America recently submitted two letters commenting on policy and how to implement recent legislation, one to the Bureau of Land Management (#BLM) and another to the Natural Resource Conservation Service (#NRCS). We asked for your thoughts & incorporated these ideas into the NRCS letter on behalf of all Members & Diplomates.
Thanks to everyone who responded to our survey and helped #PINA use our collective voice to bring permaculture and permaculture designers into the mainstream of North America’s response to today’s pressing problems."
https://pina.in/.../12/PINA_BLM-Comment-Letter_1-20-23.pdf
and
https://pina.in/.../2022/12/PINA-Response-NRCS-final.pdf

The #Southwest continues to grapple with a record-setting winter according to latest from #USDA #NRCS. While healthy #snowpack doesn't translate directly into #drought relief (a lot depends on the #weather in the coming weeks), it certainly helps! Snow water equivalent recently hit all-time highs in #Utah and in California's southern and central Sierra. The northern Sierra, meanwhile, is close to the 1982-83 record.

The latest #snowpack map from #USDA #NRCS continues to bring good news, with most basins, including the #ColoradoRiver, at or above the long-term median. But, as always, the story is a little more complicated than that. Heavy snow in CA can lead to devastating #flooding. The CO #watersheds draining into the Arkansas, White, and Red Rivers are still dry. And #drought conditions have persisted in the #pnw where soil moisture, streamflow, and reservoir levels remain low despite a healthy snowpack.

As we approach the official start of spring, #snowpack across the #West continues to look strong, according to the #USDA #NRCS. Much of California, Nevada, and Utah are sitting around 200% of normal for this time of year. Most of the Northwest is right at the long-term median.

#drought #winter #CAwx #UTwx #NVwx #pnw #science #climate

Field trip to the #USDA #NRCS #tucson plant materials center to learn about how #native #seed enters the market via hard working civil servants!

Another snowy weekend has boosted #snowpack even more across the #West, according to the latest from the #USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Conditions improved in the #Northwest especially, and for the first time this winter, #watersheds across #Oregon are all at or above their long-term average.

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#Snowpack continues to look strong across the West according to the #USDA #NRCS, with most watersheds close to or above their long-term average. Conditions improved in several states just in the past few days thanks to recent storms like #WinterStormOlive. Those impacts should show up in next week's #Drought Monitor.

The #GOES Snow-Cloud RGB shows the extent of snowfall (red) over northern & western NM this morning. The #NOHRSC and #NRCS snowpack graphics detail a similar story #nmwx

Check out the current #snowpack (left) compared to this time last year (right) from #USDA #NRCS. Across most of the #West, conditions are looking much better, especially in #California and the #GreatBasin. Many watersheds are close to, or above, the long-term average.

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#Snowpack across the #West continues to look mostly strong, especially in #California and the #GreatBasin, according to the latest from #USDA #NRCS. The Upper Pecos and Upper Canadian in New Mexico are at only about three-quarters of their long-term average but the neighboring Upper Rio Grande is looking good. Meanwhile, the Northern Oregon Coast is still struggling.

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So how is our snowpack doing now? The graphics show the percent of normal snow water equivalent (SWE) as of Jan 30. Slightly better in the south WA Cascades compared to the north and central OR Cascades. #orwx #wawx #pdxtst #NRCS

How is our mountain snowpack doing? Here is the Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) through January 9. Not bad, especially for southeast Oregon. Data courtesy of NRCS. #orwx #wawx #pdxtst #NRCS