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Drought Resources

Drought Resources. Linda Fischer Regional Extension Education Director. Drought. Meteorological – precipitation below normal values Agricultural - inadequate soil moisture for crops or livestock Hydrological – surface & subsurface water significantly below normal

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Drought Resources

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  1. Drought Resources Linda Fischer Regional Extension Education Director

  2. Drought • Meteorological – precipitation below normal values • Agricultural- inadequate soil moisture for crops or livestock • Hydrological – surface & subsurface water significantly below normal • Socioeconomic – physical water shortage begins to effect daily life

  3. National Drought Mitigation Center, http://drought.unl.edu

  4. Drought Resources

  5. Drought Resources http://eden.lsu.edu

  6. What is EDEN? • A collaborative multi-state effort by the land-grant universities’ Cooperative Extension Services and the National Sea Grant College Program. • Nearly 300 members • Representing 50 states and 3 U.S. territories • And… • Alaska • Hawaii • Puerto Rico • Guam • Virgin Islands

  7. NEIL Drought Team Fourteen specialists representing their universities Drought NEIL Chair: Kim Cassel SDSU 605-696-7873 kim.cassel@sdstate.edu

  8. NEIL Drought Team • interdisciplinary team of Extension Specialists and Extension Educators working together to develop sustainable EDEN and EDEN eXtension research based drought resources. • Member of National VOAD & Wildfire Task Force

  9. eXtensionDrought Resources • Link from EDEN home page to eXtension • Sharing of Drought resource publications • Links to other organizations involved with drought disaster

  10. Drought Preparedness • Continued Drought will impact beyond Agriculture • Drought Capacity Building for Communities • A multi-agency, multi-organization effort to guide communities to tackle tough drought issues. • Involves a local leadership team

  11. Drought Preparedness • Drought Community Capacity Building • Each community assess it’s ability to respond & recover from long term drought • Provide community with information about drought recovery, mitigation and prevention, the planning process • Communities know best how to help themselves • Assess Community Vulnerabilities & Assets

  12. Drought Resources • ISU Extension & Outreach website: www.extension.iastate.edu • EDEN Drought Page http://eden.lsu.edu/Topics/Hazards/Drought • National Drought Mitigation Center: http://drought.unl.edu/Home.aspx

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