Wyoming On Track For Moderate Snow This Winter

Snowfall around Wyoming this winter is shaping up to be substantially less than it was last winter. A new report by the National Weather Service says basins around Wyoming received normal to near normal amounts of snow this November. Snow levels have remained low in December. This year's snow levels are far below the heavy snows that had fallen in the mountains by the end of 2010. Last winter and spring were exceptionally wet in Wyoming. Many rivers and creeks across Wyoming had record or near record flows during spring and early summer runoff this year. Peak flows lasted along many main stem rivers for more than a month. Runoff early this year was heightened by factors including some watersheds devastated by pine bark beetle infestations.