Epic snowpack upends rhythms of life for many species in Sierra Nevada range

The Big Melt is finally underway in the Sierra Nevada range, and soon there will be few wild places beyond the reach of water sounds: dripping, gurgling and roaring as runoff flows from lofty peaks to sage plains below.But the whiplash change from extreme drought to epic snowpack is having very different consequences for a variety of species.

Read at Los Angeles Times