streamflow

Combine rain and warm temperatures and you increase snowmelt.

Precipitation late in the winter season has helped.

Water experts are hoping for April showers.

Spring rainfall is needed.

The Bitterroot drainage snowpack is at 98 percent of average, but that's down 9 percent from last month, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

The snowfall was a little below normal and rainfall was much lower than expected in Southwest Montana this spring.
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service has released its streamflow forecast for the Bitterroot River drainage, which is Ravalli County's major river...

With another month of less than expected snowfall, the Bitterroot River drainage is now the lowest percentage in Montana, with 85 percent of average.
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) reported weather patterns in March favored the northern part of Montana with more snow in the St…

Now, recreationists and farmers and ranchers are looking at the streamflow forecasts for the valley.
The most recent figures from the USDA Natural Resources and conservation Service (NRCS) show the levels are below average and much below levels last year...

The latest snow survey shows only 86 percent of average snowpack in the Bitterroot River drainage.
The monthly survey by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) showed the Bitterroot and the rest of Western Montana snowfields below average...

Bitterroot River drainage is a little below average.