WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and John Curtis celebrated the Senate passage of their bipartisan bill, the Snow Water Supply Forecasting Program Reauthorization Act (https://www.hickenlooper.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Snow-Water-Supply-Forecasting-Program-Reauthorization-Act.pdf), to help better predict and measure water supply to manage drought in the West. Passage comes as Colorado, Utah, and the entire West are experiencing a historic 1,200-year climate-driven drought, causing Colorado's snowpack to reach record lows (https://www.summitdaily.com/news/colorado-worst-snowpack-year-on-record-snowless-april/) this past year.
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