With drought conditions worsening in southern Utah, Gov. Spencer Cox says he’s working on issuing an emergency declaration. Despite northern Utah seeing average snow this year, counties in the south are exceptionally dry. Cox said he’s currently working with local officials on the declaration, which could extend to a handful of counties in the southwestern corner of Utah that have seen a meager snowpack this winter. … Statewide, the snow water equivalent — which is basically the amount of water currently in the snowpack — is at about 78% of normal, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service, or NRCS, which tracks the snowpack at sites around the state. Much of northern Utah is between that or higher, with Snowbird’s site at 96%, and a site in Big Cottonwood Canyon at 115%. 

Other Colorado River Basin news:

• KLAS (Las Vegas, Nev.): Colorado River snowpack takes major dive; streamflow projections lowered
• Havasu News (Ariz.): Inconsistent river flows bringing economic and public safety woes