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  • Drought Tools Workshops Scheduled for Early 2009
    The NDMC will conduct a workshop in Bastrop, Texas, February 12, focusing on the drought management tools we are developing. The Lower Colorado River Authority will be hosting the workshop, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency is sponsoring development of the tools. Flyer & On-line Registration

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  • Other Workshops
    We are scheduling workshops for the week of February 22 in California. Please contact Nicole Wall (402-472-6776, or nwall2@unl.edu) for more information.

  • Washington Workshops
    Presentations from recent workshops in Washington State are on-line. Walla Walla & Cheney

Publications

Wilhelmi, O.V, M.J. Hayes, and D.S.K. Thomas. 2008. "Managing Drought in Mountain Resort Communities: Colorado's Experiences," Disaster Prevention and Management. 15(5):672-680.

Calendar: Travel & Presentations

January 6, Lincoln, NE: The NDMC and partners from the Oklahoma Climatological Survey and the Illinois State Water Survey and State Climatologist’s Office will meet to kick off work on the Drought Ready Communities Project. The project is sponsored by the Sectoral Applications Research Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

January 20-22, 2009, Winnipeg, Canada: Donna Woudenberg will talk about drought, the NDMC and the Red River of the North Low-flow Impacts Database Project at the Red River Basin Commission's Annual Meeting.

January 30, Lincoln, NE: NDMC staff retreat, focusing on short- and long-term planning.

February 8-12, St. Louis, MO: Cody Knutson will represent the NDMC at the National Water Conference of the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service.

February 12, Bastrop, TX: Drought tools workshop, hosted by the Lower Colorado River Authority and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Risk Management Agency. For more information, please contact Nicole Wall (402-472-6776, or nwall2@unl.edu). On-line Registration

Upcoming & Recent Conferences and Listening Sessions

November 10-13, Walla Walla and Cheney, WA: The NDMC gave workshops and presentations on VegDRI and the suite of drought management tools under development with sponsorship from the Risk Management Agency. Walla Walla Presentations | Cheney Presentations

October 20-24, Lincoln, NE: The NDMC is hosting the 33rd Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction and Climate Variability and Prediction workshops of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Agenda & Presentations

June 26, 2008
, Hawaii, HI:
Hawaiian Drought Workshop presented by NDMC

June 24, 2008, Maui, HI: Hawaiian Drought Workshop presented by NDMC

June 17-19, 2008, Kansas City, MO: Workshop on Status of Drought Early Warning Systems in the U.S. presented by NIDIS and NDMC

April 24, 2008, San Angelo, TX: Drought Planning Tools Workshop presented by NDMC and Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center at San Angelo

March 12, 2008, Fort Peck, MT: Drought Monitoring Tools Listening Session presented by NDMC

October 22, 2007, Bismarck, ND: Drought Monitoring Tools Listening Session presented by NDMC

October 10-11, 2007, Portland, OR: Drought Monitor Forum presented by NDMC


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