U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded University of Nevada $5 million to study our changing snowpack. University scientists will conduct the five-year study with researchers at the Desert Research Institute, Northern Arizona University and Arizona State University.
They’ll examine how changes in mountain snowpack are affecting the agriculture industry.
Professor Kim Rollins says the impacts of shrinking snowpack have a profound impact on holders of water rights. She says sales decisions about water rights could potentially cause permanent losses in the capacity to produce food.