Ground zero in a climate emergency | Columns | gjsentinel.com - The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
Ground zero in a climate emergency | Columns | gjsentinel.com
By PETE KOLBENSCHLAG The Gunnison River watershed’s snowpack is near 140%. That’s a rolling average, measured over 30 years. So we are about 40% above the 30-year average for snowpack on this date. For our mountain reservoirs that’s a relief. But we should not be fooled into false hope.