http://www.drought.gov/NidisRSS/DroughtNews/ *** Drought news is provided through an RSS feed, a free service offered to individuals for private, non-commercial use. The RSS feed is a means by which drought.gov offers article headlines, descriptions and links in XML to individuals who use RSS readers or aggregators. The information included does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the Federal Governement or any NIDIS partner. *** en-us Tue, 1 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EST Tue, 1 Apr 2008 09:00:00 EST http://www.drought.gov/imageserver/NIDIS/NIDISLogo.jpg http://www.drought.gov/ NIDIS Logo http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/02/2576240/survey-will-gauge-how-much-water.html Read Sacramento news, including local and breaking Sacramento news at The Sacramento Bee {98AA30AA-CDD4-113A-9797-724E987BA000} http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/environment/Two-year_Texas_drought_ends.html The drought that blistered Texas for the last two years has ended, thanks to big rain patterns from El Ni�o according to a report from the national weather service. Interactive: The drought that ate Texas LivingGreenSA.com {E3E2D501-AF78-B43E-057A-6E7A9E770001} http://www.usatoday.com/weather/drought/2010-02-16-drought-us-reversal_N.htm?csp=hf The nationwide drought that had farmers, communities and entire states fighting to conserve water has reversed in the most dramatic turnaround since federal scientists began keeping records. {B39862F3-CD34-35C6-78A1-6DD86FBC1000} http://www.sacbee.com/702/story/2534115.html Read Sacramento news, including local and breaking Sacramento news at The Sacramento Bee {8B082AC3-B192-9421-F275-6D744311E000} http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-feinstein-delta12-2010feb12,0,1279789.story Sen. Dianne Feinstein has drawn up legislation that for the next two years would loosen Endangered Species Act restrictions on pumping water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to increase irrigation deliveries to San Joaquin Valley growers. {8B082AC3-B192-9421-F275-6D72E8383000} http://www.azstarnet.com/news/state-and-regional/article_bb1bd95c-86b1-5913-9cac-f909bb510726.html January's storms put a big dent in the state's drought and filled reservoirs powering Phoenix-area homes and businesses, but it's {8B082AC3-B192-9421-F275-6D72C3BE0000} http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article7025679.ece Shortly after dawn yesterday, as a large orange sun shone across a classic Rift Valley scene of grassland, acacia trees and misty blue hills, the silence was broken by the thumping blades of a helicopter. {8B082AC3-B192-9421-F275-6D728BBDF000} http://www.lvrj.com/news/lake-mead-rises-a-foot-as-rains-provide-water-for-farms-84182622.html Bureau spokesman Bob Walsh said the rising water level is more a product of the rain reducing Colorado River water demand for agricultural use in Southern California and Southern Arizona. {8B082AC3-B192-9421-F275-6D725240F000} http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/articles/2010/02/07/local_news/local02.txt Leeward North Kohala, South Kohala and the southernmost region of Ka'u are suffering under a "extreme" drought, the next-to-worst designation of the U.S. Drought Monitor. After more than a month, the rain gauge at South Point has not detected any... {8B082AC3-B192-9421-F275-6D71C0983000}