February 5, 2008--Forecaster: Parts of Colo. can expect above-average spring runoff (Denver Post)
The Rio Grande watershed in southern Colorado has the best snow in 29 years with mountain snowpack nearly double the 30-year average, the U.S. Agriculture Department's Natural Resources Conservation Service said. "With the current snowpack we have in some of these basins, we are already guaranteed an above-average runoff," said Allen Green, state conservationist with the NRCS. Deep snow across most of the Colorado high country promises above-average spring runoff in many parts of the state, federal officials said Monday.
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