By Dian Ver Valen
The Times
State Declares Snowpack Drought
Local rivers not immune to the growing statewide emergency
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[Editor's note: Beginning this week, The Times will feature regular updates to the 2015 Drought, including interviews with water experts, farmers, ag specialists, climatologists, business owners, residents and others, to keep you informed on how the record-low snowpack this winter will impact us all in the coming months.]
WALLA WALLA – Eric Hartwig is worried about what the rivers in the Walla Walla and Touchet valleys are doing. They are drying up – and fast.
"We are setting all-time low flow records right now," he said last Thursday. "We are worse than during the Dust Bowl. If you can...
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