The unpredictable water picture continues to worry farmers across the Pacific Northwest and California as they head into the heart of irrigation season. Water managers anxiously watch river and reservoir leve

Yet overall the consensus that emerges seems to be: So far, so good.

“I’m very pleased with where we are compared to a year ago. That’s not to say we won’t have lower than normal flows in July and August but it can be managed and we will make it through,” said Jeff Marti, drought coordinator for the Washington Department of Ecology in Olympia.