Update on statewide drought conditions as of the workshop date.

California State responses to the drought.

Agenda from the California Drought Forum Making Decisions in Dry Times: Science and Strategies for Dealing with Drought.  Held May 15-16, 2014 in Sacramento, CA.

Presenter Biographies from the Making Decisions in Dry Time: Science and Strategies for Dealing with Drought Forum.  May 15-16, 2014 in Sacramento, CA.

Summary of needs from the NOAA NIDIS Drought Forum on May 16, 2014 in Sacramento, CA. Summary is broken out by theme.

California Drought Outlook. Current conditions, outlooks, and impacts.

After soliciting feedback from more than 100 stakeholders and employees, NOAA released a service assessment on May 11, 2015, that identifies tactics and strategies the agency can take to better provide California decision makers with the scientific data and tools they need to lessen the impacts of extreme drought.

This report includes a summary of conditions from the past four years, water supply impacts, and a history of California droughts to describe the status of drought in Southern California for late spring 2014. Contributors include the California-Nevada Climate Applications Program (CNAP), California department of Water Resources, Southwest Climate Science Center and NIDIS.

NIDIS' California Drought Early Warning System held drought outlook meeting on July 7 at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla. Attendees include researchers as well as public and private sector partners, who offered demonstrations and feedback on new tools. Meeting summary and next steps report.

Agenda for the Workshop – California Drought Outlook Forum: What's Ahead and What We Can Do.  Held Thursday, February 20, 2014 at the Sacramento Convention Center Sacramento, CA.