One of Lovelock's biggest economic drivers is agriculture, but the rural northern Nevada town has had a rough stretch because of the drought. That bad luck has come to an end, thanks to the high amount of rain and snow that fell during the winter months.
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This year's winter storms brought the best snowpack numbers since 2011, and that is giving Nevada's farmers a boost. The water runoff is a welcome site, in Lovelock, where farmers haven't received any irrigation for the last two years.
A northern Nevada reservoir has had a significant amount of fish killed by an aquatic invasive species.
Cities across Nevada are feeling the negative impacts of four dry winters. Perhaps none have it as bad as the farmers in Lovelock.