Utah’s snowpack has raised concerns among water managers. The state’s snowpack sits at 93% of normal, with two southern Utah basins recording less than 50% of normal snow water equivalent (SWE). Extreme drought has reappeared in southwestern Utah for the first time since March 2023. “While we still have some time before our snowpack typically peaks in April, most of our basins are likely to experience below average streamflows this spring runoff, ” Candice Hasenyager, director of the Division of Water Resources, said. According to the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s February Report, Southwestern Utah has been breaking records for minimal...

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