Data collected by the Camas SCD at two manual sites is recorded and sent to Boise where it is used to forecast water availability for users from municipalities to farmers. There are still 176 manual sites being monitored by soil conservation districts or private individuals who bid for the winter job of monthly monitoring in Idaho.Each site is accessed by snowmachine, and once there the depth of snow is measured in a metal tube assembled on-site, then weighed by a hand-held scale, then recorded with pencil and paper. Once back in the office, the data is transmitted to the NRCS State Office where it becomes part of history. Over 600 "Snotel" automated sites in the western states have replaced many of the more remote sites and provide daily data from "snow pillows" which automatically weigh the snow on the pillow, calculate the water content, and then transmits that data via a radio signal to the NRCS state office in Boise. Snow Surveys have been conducted in Idaho since 1927. Steve Miller, long-time Camas SCD supervisor, has completed the Snow Survey for the last seven years.