Bear River NWR Fall 2003?

[clarke_ross]

I will be in the Bear River area about September 22, 2003 and would

like to know what conditions to expect. Is the area still in drought?

[guytal]

Technically yes - this was a drought year, but we've had a lot of rain in the last couple of weeks. In fact there's a storm raging along the Wasatch Front as we speak. By Sep. 22 there may even be some white on the high peaks (the forecast for last night was 1-3" accumulation above 9,000ft, but the cloud cover is still to thick to tell).

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Guy<br>

<a href="http://scenicwild.com">Scenic Wild</a>

[bert_nelson1]

The conditions are very poor. I saw a local report on TV (Outdoors with Doug Miller on KUTV, channel 2) out of Salt Lake City talking specifically about the refuge and many areas were dried out entirely that normally have some water. There has been recent rain, but it is a drop in the ocean of what is needed to make up the difference. The ongoing drought for several years has taken its toll. See the text of this report at the URL below..read down a bit and it will start talking about the refuge.<BR><BR>

 

 

<A HREF="http://kutv.com/siteSearch/local_story_241142006.html">http://kutv.com/siteSearch/local_story_241142006.html</A>

 

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It talks about 90% of the refuge being dry.