Second from the right, Sean de Guzman Chief of the California Department of Water Resources Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Section, Andy Reising, right, and Anthony Burdock left, both California Department of Water Resources Engineers work the measurement phase of the first media snow survey of the 2023 season, as California Department of Water Resources Director Karla Nemeth watches the survey at the Phillips Station site in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The survey is held approximately 90 miles east of Sacramento off Highway 50 in El Dorado County on January 3, 2023. (Photo by Kenneth James / California Department of Water Resources)