Monitoring snow levels at Gin Flat

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Frank Gehrke of the state Department of Water Resources pulls gear to Gin Flat in the Sierra. The site is an ideal spot to test the premise that a warming climate will bring more flooding and less snowpack to fill reservoirs in mid-summer.

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( Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times )

Frank Gehrke of the state Department of Water Resources pulls gear to Gin Flat in the Sierra. The site is an ideal spot to test the premise that a warming climate will bring more flooding and less snowpack to fill reservoirs in mid-summer.

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