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Show SNOW SURVEY BEING CONDUCTED Right now a number of hardy har-dy individuals are methodically covering high areas in the West and Northwest on skies, snow shoes, by plane, helicopter an4 vairous kinds of snow machines Their purpose? To measure the snow so that farmers, city water wa-ter users, power companies, and others can find out how much water will be available next spring and summer.- You can read more about this exciting occupation in the Soil Conservation Serviced latest publication, "Snow Surveys. Sur-veys. V Ask for a copy from Dale Ross who provides professional pro-fessional help to local land owners and operators in the Uintah Basin Soil Conservation District. "Snow surveyors travel in pairs for safety. . 'They push aq aluminium tube through the layers of snow and weigh it to determine the water content. The information they gather throughout the winter is distributed dis-tributed to all people who need to know how much water will come from melting snow. Far mers adjust their crop planting based on the information Power plants plan their opera- tions and operators of flood control reservoirs shift the a- 1 I mount of water stored as they read the results of these snow surveys. " i " ' i |