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Show - to " < o of . now in La Sals SalsUnder o.JSnowinLaSals-Under o.JSnowinLaSalsUnder o.JSnowinLaSals oJSnowinLaSals Under .Under Under . - Under Normal NormalBy ( ( By Owen M l\I l I 11I \ DeSpam DeSpamForest DeSpamForest DeSpainForest Forest Ranger ) ) The 'I1he I1he ' annual snow surve survey ; > m in mICaJtes incates inucates ICaJtes cates a serious moisture def defceruy c cency cenvy ency envy exists on the Li L'I L1 ' Sal Salountam Salountam Salmountain ountam watershedThe watershedThe watershed watershedThe The survey sho\\ sho shoed shored \ \ ed : five f1ve inch mch inchs mchs s more snow depth than 11st list 11stear listear listrear ear but SIK SIX IQ inphes inches hes less than the theo the0 o 0 ) sear year ear average The m01sture moisture m01stureontent moistureontent moisturepatent ontent is one inch mch greater thanast than thanast thanast ast year } ) ear but 25 2 5 inches mohes below belowe belowhe e 10 year average a"eraJge aeraJge " The snowline snowme lme line is 1S approximately 500 feetyi feet ; | iigher hIgher in m elevation elevahon than in ID m preVious pre preVious Y1 yi Vious 'VIOUS ' years The snow is 15 wetsand . wet -and and sand " , - ! . and compact with considerableJthawing considerable considerablethawing .Jthawmg Jthawmg Jthawing . thawing t-iking t iking hkmg taking - place at the theh theX9000 the5 X9000 ; 9000 foot ele\ ele eletion elehon ele'tion \ ' tion hon of the snowourse snow snowourse snowcourse ourse There is very lI little tle runf run runf runaft f from the snowIn snow snowIn h In view of the dry cond tIon tIonthe tionthe tionat the foothill ' and 'and desert areas areast areasit t is doubtulif doubtui doubtul ] if f the streamflow streamfloi streamflowIII streamfloiill streamflowwill III ill exceed that of last year yearConsiderable yearConsiderable onslderable Considerable spring sprmg preclplta precrpita precipitaion preclpltaIon tion Ion will be needed to mamtam maintain maintain6iormal maintainnormal 6iormal ormal forage growth t The surve survey ; > was conducted conclude concludeforest 1 > ; > forest 1F0rest Forest Ranger Owen DeSpain DeSpam DeSpamland DeSpamnand DeSpainand l\and l and nand \ and Soil Conservationist Conservatlonlst C Wumwalt Wumwalt W WZumwalt Zumwalt umwalt on March 28The 28 28t thet t The following followmg table shows theverage the t average verage depth of snow andVa and Vaer viaer ' \ wa \Va Va via water ter er content for the past 10ears 10ears 10 10Snow ears earsSnow Snow Depth "ater ater tt 11 " ater Cont ContInches Contear CentInches ear Inches Inches 938 30 304 4 7 77224 7 1 939 224 68 6 68282 8 940 28 282 2 9 9335 3 941 35 350 0 109 10 9 948 942 48 488 8 152 15 2 2347 1943 347 104 104401 I ) 1944 401 10 107 10740 7 1945 40 407 7 125 12 5 5217 I 946 21 217 7 6 61 61268 1 947 26 268 8 7 71verages 71 71iverages 1 -iverages iverages verages - 32 8 96 9 6 'I I 'II ' I I I i |