Gov. Jerry Brown speaks to reporters about the executive order he signed requiring the state water board to implement measures in cities and towns to cut water usage by 25%. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)
Gov. Jerry Brown answers a question about the new mandatory water restrictions during a news conference in Echo Summit. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)
The landscape and light snowpack at Echo Summit tower over the news conference below. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)
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Frank Gehrke, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program for the Department of Water Resources, and Gov. Jerry Brown walk across a dry meadow that is usually covered in several inches of snow this time of year near Echo Summit on April 1. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press)
A snowboarder threads his way between patches of dirt at Squaw Valley Ski Resort in Olympic Valley, Calif., on March 21. (Max Whittaker / Getty Images)
Skiers on a chairlift ride over dry ground at Squaw Valley Ski Resort on March 21. (Max Whittaker / Getty Images)
Sixteen-year-old Jack Feick of Truckee skims over a pond at Squaw Valley Ski Resort on March 21. (Max Whittaker / Getty Images)
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A skier threads his way through patches of dry ground at Squaw Valley Ski Resort on March 21. (Max Whittaker / Getty Images)
Skiers slalom down at Squaw Valley Ski Resort. (Max Whittaker / Getty Images)
