Wyoming's snowpack continues to decline. The U.S. Agriculture Department's Natural Resources Conservation Service reports that snowpack is 59% of average this week. That's down from 63% last week and 119% last year at this time. The Belle Fourche (bel FOOSH') basin doesn't have any snow left at all. The Madison basin has the most snow at 96% of average. Record mountain snowmelt caused disastrous flooding across Wyoming last year but this year federal hydrologists foresee below average runoff because of the lower snowfall.
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