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Drought Concerns Deepen As Snowpack Melts Away
Water Crisis
drought watershed
The view of the eastern edge of the Stanislaus River watershed in late June from Sonora Peak. The current snowpack is what it looks like in a normal water year in mid-August. Photo By Dennis Wyatt
The snowpack on the far reaches of the Stanislaus River watershed in late June was as anemic as it gets in mid-August.