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Climate trends show warmer winters, earlier runoff and declining late-summer flows on the White River

RBC | A new analysis of 38 years of SNOTEL data and more than a century of USGS streamflow records compiled by local science educator Dr. Bob Dorsett shows clear signs that the headwaters of the White River are warming, drying, and running off earlier each spring—conditions that have profound implications for ranchers, municipal water providers, wildlife managers and anyone who depends on the river.

Dorsett’s 2025 Climate Trends report draws on measurements from the…