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NRCS projects drought conditions for summer

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RBC | Precipitation exceeded the average across much of the state in February, but water users should still be planning for drought conditions this summer, according to the latest projections from the US Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

Colorado Snow Survey Supervisor Brian Domonkos said February storms helped to bring snowpack “more within the realm of normal” particularly in northern Colorado. (See GRAPH A.) The combined Yampa-White-North Platte river…