VegDRI Expands West Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI) maps show drought-related vegetation stress for 22 states in the Midwest and West. In the future, the NDMC and partners will produce VegDRI year-round. |
Scholar Donates Books Environmental historian Dr. John Opie donated “nine feet” of books on drought and the Plains to our library. |
Latest Workshop Info Update Presentations from NDMC workshops in San Angelo, TX, and on two Hawaiian islands are on-line. Check What’s New later this summer for fall workshop dates. |
About DroughtScape DroughtScape is the quarterly newsletter of the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC). The NDMC’s mission is to reduce vulnerability to drought, nationally and internationally. Please email the editor with ideas: droughtscape@unl.edu Contact the NDMC: |
Spring Rains Ease Drought But CA Still Dry
April-June brought some relief, with the area of the U.S. abnormally dry or drier shrinking from 46.9 to 40.5 percent. Gains in the east were offset by drying in the west. | |||
NDMC Welcomes Employees Bathke, Nothwehr
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State Lawmakers to Focus on Drought Planning NDMC Director Mike Hayes, a Hawaii legislator, and a NOAA climatologist will be drought panelists at the 2008 Legislative Summit, July 22-26 in New Orleans. The panel, “Dealing with Drought: Opportunities for Innovation,” will be 1-2:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 24. |
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Decadal Variation -- Clues to Droughts and Floods?
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