Workshop summary for the Climate, Drought and Early Warning workshop held in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming on June 8-9, 2010.

The National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) convened a workshop in Grand Teton National Park, June 9-11, 2009, to initiate a long‐term commitment to providing tribes with the drought information and resources needed to better monitor and respond to inter‐annual drought conditions and long‐term climate changes. These efforts by NIDIS are grounded in the commitment to help facilitate and establish long‐term partnerships between tribal constituents and federal agencies, universities, and other entities in order to meet the federal trust responsibility.

Workshop agenda for the Climate, Drought and Early Warning workshop held in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming on June 8-9, 2010.

List of people who attended the Climate, Drought and Early Warning workshop in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming on June 8-9, 2010.

Two-pager recounts Tribal Engagement Workshop in Rapid City, SD held Sept. 17-18, 2014. Includes participant list, next steps, link to presentations and map of Tribal Lands in Missouri River Basin.

Brief report on tribal engagement meeting. In attendance: Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas, Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska and Haskell Indian Nations University.

Description of the planning process behind launch of the Midwest Drought Early Warning System in February 2016.

Report from first-ever meeting of state drought coordinators, emergency managers and state climatologists from across the West on July 21-22, 2015, to discuss emerging best practices in forecasting, planning for and responding to drought, and recent lessons learned. Held in Seattle, WA, hosted by NOAA, NIDIS, National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) and the Western Governors’ Association (WGA). Representatives from 16 of the 19 states within WGA attended (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, MT, NB, NV, NM, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY).

A brief two page report on the Extreme Events and Drought Resiliency workshop that took place in Rapid City, South Dakota on Sept. 17-18, 2014. Provides a list of the 18 participating tribes from the Missouri River Basin that attended as well as the other participating agencies and organizations. The report provides a brief background on the issues facing the region and what was discussed during the workshop.

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.