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NRCS School Teaches Snow Sampling and Winter SurvivalStudents learned proper techniques of measuring snowpack and good winter survival skills during the West-Wide Snow Survey Training School in Tahoe City, Calif. during January 2005. Forty-seven students from nine western states attended this year’s school, conducted annually by NRCS with other federal and state agencies. Students learned skills such as snow sampling, avalanche recognition, cold weather survival techniques and outdoor emergency care. They also slept overnight in a snow cave they constructed. They received certificates upon successful completion of the school. The students, employed in the water resources arena, came from federal agencies such as NRCS, Forest Service and Bureau of Reclamation; state and local agencies; utilities and one tribe from Oregon. Snow serves as a primary source of water in the western United States.
Links... Snow Survey
and Water Supply Forecasting
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