NIDIS requires evaluation of its pilots in order to determine whether efforts should move from the prototype stage to fully-fledged regional drought early warning information systems (DEWS). The results of evaluation directly inform that process and future improvements in NIDIS.
Drought planning techniques and technologies for ranchers and rangeland advisors, including an introduction to the planning process, monitoring and setting critical dates, assessing drought impacts and evaluating grazing strategies, making stocking decisions, and determining the financial impacts of drought management.
In 2011, the Missouri River Basin experienced devastating flooding, which caused significant property loss and disrupted thousands of lives. In 2012, the basin experienced extreme drought that impacted water supplies and downstream navigation. Historically, the climate of this region shows a general tendency for both very wet and very dry months in a given year.
CNAP newsletter summarizes 2014 drought in California.
August 2014 drought newsletter of the California-Nevada Climate Applications Program.
Presentation given by Syed Huq of the Rosebud Sioux Nation at the Extreme Events and Drought Resiliency Workshop that was held in Rapid City, South Dakota on November 17-18, 2014. Presentation discusses the sources of groundwater on the Rosebud Reservation and points out sources of contamination as well as protection strategies.
Presentation that took place at the Extreme Events and Drought Resiliency workshop held September 17-18, 2014 in Rapid City, South Dakota. Deals with the groundwater on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation and some of the contaminants and its sources and briefly touches on strategies to mitigate these pollutants. Presentation also talks about fluctuations in aquifer levels over the years. The slideshow concludes by talking about the proposed Keystone Oil Pipeline and how it was moved from its original path that would have cut through part of the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Alaska Region, Spring 2014.
Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Western Region March – May 2014. Dated June 2014.