Motherboard: Right about now is the most magical time of year in the mountains. Not just for the usual spring reasons of getting to play outside and saying farewell to lingering seasonal affective disorder, but because of water. This is when it all happens: the big melt. Mud season. The amount of water shed from high-country snowpack in the springtime will impact the whole rest of the year. The true amount of that water now choking valley rivers will determine which farmers actually get to farm this year, how...