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"We need to manage these areas to help support these seasonal migrations."

They rely on seasonal showers in parts of the country where proper irrigation channels are absent.

Still, the White House cuts and hiring freezes severely disrupted a seasonal hiring and training cadence for park rangers that usually begins around Christmas, Jones said.

However, the seasonal forecasts are a lot less clear in how much rain we are likely to get.

The latest seasonal forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts that hotter-than-average temperatures will probably persist this summer across much of the West, including the Colorado River Basin and California.