U.S. Drought Monitor Forum in Portland, Oregon, October 10-11, 2007

Authors and users of the U.S. Drought Monitor -- http://drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html -- will convene in Portland, Oregon, October 10-11, to discuss user needs and modifications to the tool. The U.S. Drought Monitor Forum is held every other year. This year’s DM Forum is being sponsored by the NDMC, but is being hosted by the USDA-NRCS Water and Climate Center. Although the scope of the tool is national, the venue will provide an opportunity to focus on the drought-monitoring needs of the West. Details are available on a draft agenda.

Registration is free, but rooms and meeting rooms are limited, so please sign up early to ensure that there will be room. Please use our on-line registration form to reserve your spot. Please register even if you are not staying at the conference hotel. As a backup, you may e-mail Ann Fiedler, afiedler2@unl.edu with “US Drought Forum” in the subject line, expressing your intent to attend, and including your name and full contact information. Those without fully functioning web access may contact Ann by telephone, 402-472-6707.

The conference will be held at the Portland DoubleTree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center. A special conference and government rate of $98 per night plus applicable tax and fees is available for attendees making reservations by September 9. There are two ways to register:

• On-line at www.portlandlloydcenter.doubletree.com. Select dates under “check availability,” click “go,” and enter the group code, which is “NDM.”
• On the phone, by calling 1-800-966-0510, or 503-281-6111, and providing the NDM (Drought Monitor Forum) group code as you request the special rate. 

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