Months ago, I saw it coming. Crossing Snoqualmie Pass in Washington’s Cascade Mountains, I drove by ski runs that showed more dirt than snow. That spelled trouble. Less snow means less water in the spring for fruit growers and others. Unlike California, Washington State got plenty of rain in recent months, just not enough that fell as snow last winter. Snowpack this year was less than 10 percent of normal, which caused one Yakima Valley irrigation district to shut down water for three weeks and caused Washington Governor Jay Inslee to declare a statewide drought emergency. For growers, the drought […]