Rapid Melt, Expanding Drought Has Columbia Basin Water Supply At Dalles Dam (April-August) At Only 79 Percent Of Normal

Due to lower-than-normal precipitation in May and an early snowmelt in the Northwest, there will be less water available for salmon and steelhead this summer in the Columbia and Snake river basins as water supply forecasts are continuing their downward slide.

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