Mitigating Drought

 News Articles Relating to Drought Mitigation

 June 2007

Drought concerns cause water conservation notice in Loudon Co. [Tennessee]
http://www.wate.com/global/story.asp?s=6599856

Perdue asks Bush for emergency drought declaration [Georgia]
http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/hall/newfullstory.asp?ID=114692

Drought returns to sear Triangle [North Carolina]
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/587531.html

Farmers, ranchers to have new tool to help deal with drought [North Dakota]
http://www.madisondailyleader.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1302&dept_id=181978&newsid=18424847&PAG=461&rfi=9

Bladen drought worsens, water rationing in Elizabethtown [North Carolina]
http://www.bladenjournal.com/articles/2007/06/05/news/community/news01.txt

Strict limits on water begin [Alabama]
http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/118120427056440.xml&coll=2

L.A. urges conserving water in dry spell [California]
http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-conserve7jun07,0,3636595.story?page=1&track=ntothtml&coll=la-tot-topstories

Drought leads Cleveland to ban fireworks [Georgia]
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/stories/20070608/localnews/178094.shtml

Big Island in a drought [Hawaii]
http://www.khon2.com/news/local/7877132.html

Farmers In 23 Calif. Counties To Get Federal Drought Loans
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=state&id=5381487

Volunteers Water Public Trees Threatened By Drought [Georgia]
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/13473347/detail.html

Gardeners tested by drought [Alabama]
http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1181377341254450.xml&coll=2

Police to enforce drought rules [Alabama]
http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1181722555295070.xml&coll=2

Drought hits Maui, worsens on Big Island [Hawaii]
http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2007/06/11/daily23.html?from_rss=1

Help available for drought-stressed farmers [Tennessee]
http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=6654770&nav=0RYv

Drought conditions trigger watering bans [Ohio]
http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=6661067

Forsyth County residents face water fines [Georgia]
http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6662632

Amish Blessed With Bumper Crop During Drought [Tennessee]
http://wkrn.com/nashville/news/amish-blessed-with-bumper-crop-during-drought/102088.htm

Ag. Disaster Payments Expected [nationwide]
http://agnews.dtn.com/index.cfm?show=4&id=18871

Florida Is Slow to See the Need to Save Water
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/us/19florida.html

(AP) Tenn. senator assesses drought toll on parched farm [Tennessee]
http://www.wkrn.com/nashville/news/ap-tenn-senator-assesses-drought-toll-on-parched-farm/102368.htm

State confident of federal drought aid [Alabama]
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070622/BUSINESS/7062203261

Drought reaches state of emergency in part of Central Valley [California]
http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=5504

Drought not water under bridge [Texas]
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-housecol_24cco.ART.North.Edition1.4378459.html

State agriculture chief to announce steps to help those affected by drought [West Virginia]
http://www.dailymail.com/story/News/2007062865/State-agriculture-chief-to-announce-steps-to-help-those-affected-by-drought/

 

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