Understanding Your Risk and Impacts

 News Articles Relating to Drought Impacts

 July 2004

Lake’s water losses slowed with extra water [California]
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2004/07/09/news/californian/22_06_267_8_04.txt

Cooperation from public eases impact of drought [Arizona]
http://www.ahwatukee.com/afn/community/articles/040707a.html

Beetles prey on pines [Colorado]
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_3029222,00.html

Ranch family deals with a hard year by moving its herd [Montana]
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/07/11/build/local/34-hard-year-moving.inc

Rain delays harvest [Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Montana]
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2004/07/12/news/agnews/news07.txt

“Hanging in there”: Miles City businesses, producers surviving drought [Montana]
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&tts=1&display=rednews/2004/07/12/build/local/30-drought-deibel.inc

Patience evaporates when water users deal with consequences of drought [Montana]
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/07/11/build/local/30-drought.inc

‘Out of grass,’ ranchers sell part of herd: But Pfaffingers manage to preserve core of their breeding herd [Montana]
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/07/11/build/local/32-out-of-grass.inc

Next year’s irrigation plan at McConaughy up in air [Nebraska]
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2004/07/10/nebraska/10052210.txt

Drought becomes opportunity [interior West]
http://www.tidepool.org/original_content.cfm?articleid=121947

Governor seeks drought aid, but will there be money? [South Dakota]
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1300&dept_id=156925&newsid=12271148&PAG=461&rfi=9

Drought forces horse relocation [Nevada]
http://www.rgj.com/news/stories/html/2004/07/13/75505.php?sp1=rgj&sp2=News&sp3=Local+News&sp5=RGJ.com&sp6=news&sp7=local_news

Drought hits Utah hard [Utah]
http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/51235

Drought may have triggered toxic algae in Nebraska lakes
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2004/07/27/nebraska/10052967.txt

Salt cedar infestation sucks up water [Nebraska]
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2004/07/25/nebraska/10052882.txt

Early fire season stokes fears [California]
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2004/07/23/nation/10052734.txt

Drought spurs cattle poisons [Montana]
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2004/07/17/build/state/30-drought-cows.inc

Drought eased for some in state [Montana]
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/07/16/build/state/35-drought.inc

Drought punishing state agriculture sales [Colorado]
http://news4colorado.com/localnews/local_story_198133705.html

Water wars: Western drought hits hard [Colorado River basin]
http://espn.go.com/outdoors/bassmaster/s/b_fea_bt_0407_news_water_wars.html