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Local Drought Impact Groups in Arizona

Learn about Local Drought Impact Groups in Arizona, their structure, activities, successes, and challenges in drought monitoring and planning. Explore the Arizona Drought Impact Reporting System and its development process.

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Local Drought Impact Groups in Arizona

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  1. Local Drought Impact Groups in Arizona Mike Crimmins Dept. of Soil, Water, & Env. Science & Arizona Cooperative Extension The University of Arizona

  2. Governor’s Office & Cabinet Arizona Department of Water Resources Monitoring Committee Interagency Coordinating Group Local Drought Impact Groups (LDIGs) Mitigation & Response Assessment & Adaptation Arizona Drought Preparedness Plan: Organizational Structure Monitoring & Preparedness From ADWR 2006

  3. Local Drought Impact Groups • Geographic Scale: County-level • Leadership: Organized and coordinated by local Cooperative Extension and Emergency Management; oversight by AZ Dept of Water Resources • Membership: Local municipal officials, natural resource managers, agricultural producers, water mangers/providers, concerned citizens/watershed groups • Function: Organize local-level drought impact monitoring, assess local vulnerabilities, develop response, mitigation, and outreach plans

  4. LDIG Development • Six established groups • Two in initial meetings stage • Six to be developed over next 2 years

  5. LDIG Activities • Development of subcommittees: monitoring, mitigation/response, education/outreach • Quarterly full group meetings, periodic subcommittee meetings • Developing monitoring plans/recruiting volunteers (impact reporting, precipitation) • Providing local reports for state drought status maps • Finding local support ($$), initiating local efforts (e.g. Santa Cruz NRCD – meteorological stations with soil moisture at several ranches throughout county)

  6. Successes and Challenges • LDIG meetings have been well attended – broad interest in drought monitoring and preparedness • Are all of the necessary stakeholders at the table in each county? • Volunteer participation has continued beyond initial planning stages – enthusiasm and interest continues, but… • No financial support for coordination or activities at county level – how long can initiatives be maintained? • Exciting, innovative approach to drought monitoring and planning • Exciting, innovative approach to drought monitoring and planning

  7. Arizona Drought Impact Reporting System • Impact monitoring = key LDIG task • Why?: better characterizations of drought, vulnerability assessments • Requested development of tool to facilitate collection and synthesis of impact reports • Initial effort was a hardcopy impact checklist adapted from Colorado Drought Plan; iteratively adjusted with feedback from all LDIGs • Request for transition to web-based tool

  8. AZ-DIRS Development • Temporary, form-based system (v1.0) deployed for testing in 2006 • Feedback from LDIGs and MTC = focus group meetings, teleconference meetings, and email communications • ‘Mock up’ system being used to gain feedback on system design, features, and general structure  continued interaction with LDIGs to guide development process • Operational system in place by spring 2008

  9. AZ-DIRS v1.0 • Project Partners • AZ Governor’s Drought • Task Force • Arizona Coop. Ext. • Arizona Dept. of Water • Resources ($) • USDA-NRCS ($) • NDMC ($) • University of Arizona • Research Centers • (SAHRA($), WRRC($) • OALS) • County LDIGs http://java.arid.arizona.edu/ccdis

  10. AZ-DIRS v2.0 Impact observed? Yes/No yes no Trends, specific impact details, and additional geographic info provided here http://dirs.arid.arizona.edu/index.html

  11. AZ-DIRS: Impact reporting sectors • Agricultural Operations • Livestock Production and Rangelands • Economic, Cultural, Recreation • Aquatic Species/Riparian Areas • Terrestrial Wildlife • Plant Communities/Ecosystem Function • Hydrology/Water Resources

  12. Impact Reporting Units = HUC 10 Watersheds

  13. AZ-DIRS v2.0

  14. AZ-DIRS: Custom Features • User profile management (customize geographic areas, sectors) • Observed impacts will be switched on/off each month • Automated email notifications will remind observers to revisit previously reported impacts (e.g. ‘turn off’ impact that is no longer occurring • Notification when impacts are reported in geographic areas of interest (RSS feeds, email alerts)

  15. AZ-DIRS: Custom Features • Additional data types (e.g. NRCS/NRCD vegetation monitoring, photo points) • Google Map platform will allow impact maps to be exported into Google Earth • Customized reporting (agencies vs. media) • Integration into Arizona Hydrologic Information System (Rainlog, Arizona Flood Warning &Drought Monitoring System, Arizona Wells Database…) • Coordination/connection to National Drought Impacts Reporter

  16. Implementation of AZ-DIRS • Identify key impact reporters (by watershed and sector) • Training workshops • Web-based training materials • Administrative tools  LDIGs manage impact reporter accounts • Monthly/quarterly reports • Additional reports based on requests to reporter email list

  17. Stay tuned…crimmins@u.arizona.eduhttp://cals.arizona.edu/climate

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