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Brian Domonkos, (L), the Colorado Snow Survey Supervisor with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), and Nagam Gill, a USDA hydrologist, break trail as they head to the Mosquito Creek snow course near the town of Fairplay, Colorado on March 28, 2023. - Many western US states and cities depend on the Colorado's snowpack, beginning in the high reaches of the Rocky Mountains, to fill reservoirs such as Lake Powell and Lake Mead at lower elevations. (Photo by Jason Connolly / AFP) (Photo by JASON CONNOLLY/AFP via Getty Images)