NW is running low as well, so don't count on it. We're getting less snow each year, so the spring/summer melts aren't contributing nearly as much as it used to.

NW is running low as well, so don't count on it. We're getting less snow each year, so the spring/summer melts aren't contributing nearly as much as it used to. I've been to about 20 different reservoirs (I like to fly drones there) around the state in recent weeks, and they are all way below average. Some places they're having to remove the docked boats or they'll be sitting on dirt and rocks soon. > The area has struggled with water scarcity for years – but this year has been unlike any other. Amid a historic drought, in May the federal government cut off all irrigation to farmers for the first time in more than a century, in an effort to conserve water for the endangered fish that also share this landscape. The move sparked fear and concern among farmers, some of whom have protested the decision, and put an already challenging way of life in doubt. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/05/drought-western-us-family-farms https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/aug/05/drought-... > The couple's well is among potentially hundreds that have dried up in recent weeks in an area near the Oregon-California border suffering through a historic drought, leaving homes with no running water just a few months after the federal government shut off irrigation to hundreds of the region's farmers for the first time ever. https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/survive-wells-dry-amid-oregon-water-woes-79140502 https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/survive-wells-dr... This water problem isn't happening in a vacuum.