If the weather phenomenon known as La Nina is to deliver above-normal
precipitation to the Columbia Basin as forecast, it must have saved its
best for last.
After a relatively “dry” December, skies began to pour forth in the
new millennium to push streamflow forecasts for most of the region slightly
above average.
The Basin’s northern region seemed to have faired the best in early
winter at building snowpacks that would help fish and farmers during the
dry summer months.
The …
