Photos: Sierra Nevada snowpack
Frank Gehrke, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program for the Department of Water Resources, checks the weight of the Sierra Nevada snowpack on a scale held by Dan Brumbaugh, right, as he performs the snow survey at Phillips Station in Echo Summit, Calif., on March 30.
(Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)Frank Gehrke, right, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program, walks with John Thompson, left, Sarah Carvill, center, and Dan Brumbaugh from the California Council on Science and Technology during the snow survey at Phillips Station near Echo Summit, Calif., on March 30.
(Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)Frank Gehrke checks the Sierra Nevada snowpack depth at Phillips Station near Echo Summit, Calif., on March 30.
(Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)Frank Gehrke talks to reporters after conducting the Sierra Nevada snow survey on March 30.
(Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)Willie Pinella, a building maintenance worker for the Sierra at Tahoe Ski Resort, works on a sign leading to the resort near Echo Summit, Calif., on March 30.
(Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)Frank Gehrke of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program, left, and Gov. Jerry Brown walk across a dry meadow as Gehrke conducts the snow survey near Echo Summit, Calif., on April 1, 2015.
(Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)