Understanding Your Risk and Impacts

 News Articles Relating to Drought Impacts

 December 2005

Wash. Grape Growers Reap Record Harvest [Washington]
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=2300&u_sid=100049332

Mid-Columbia ski resorts open despite drought [Washington]
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/v-rss/story/7252585p-7164378c.html

Projected Drop in Farm Income Linked to Drought [Illinois]
http://www.ilfb.org/viewdocument.asp?did=10907&r=9.945095E-03

Drought Impacts Growing For Cow-Calf And Stocker Sectors
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=14439

Drought, high winds bedevil area firefighters [Texas]
http://www.azle-news.net/news/get-news.asp?id=5488&catid=1&cpg=get-news.asp

Relief is sought for state [Oklahoma]
http://www.newsok.com/xml/rss/1697140/

City continues dredging at Graham Park lake [Texas]
http://www.heraldbanner.com/homepage/local_story_340012423.html?keyword=leadpicturestory

Farm Service offers emergency assistance loans [Texas]
http://www.jacksonvilleprogress.com/articles/2005/12/09/news/news04.txt

Ice, low water levels hamper Mississippi River navigation
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/13370200.htm

Crawfish scarce as season starts [Louisiana]
http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051213/NEWS01/512130311/1002

The only pop heard may be the bubbly [Texas]
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/3523474.html

Experts: Ark. duck numbers down 50 percent [Arkansas]
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/13408147.htm

List of Texas counties declared disaster areas due to drought
http://www.kvia.com/Global/story.asp?S=4245971

Denver Water rates rising 8%
http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4314799,00.html

2005 drought plagues parts of state [Texas]
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/gen/ap/TX_YE_Texas_Drought.html

Lack of fall precipitation has ranchers on hunt for hay [Texas]
http://www.theeagle.com/stories/121805/business_20051218096.php

Drought doomed nursery [North Carolina]
http://www.newsobserver.com/104/story/378975.html

Snail Armies Mow Down Drought-Stricken Marshes [southeast US]
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/12/1216_051216_snail_army.html

Industry strong, but problems from drought loom [Texas]
http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/business/13424070.htm

Perry seeks drought aid [Texas]
http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2005/12/19/daily21.html?from_rss=1

City Leaders Plan Drought Contingencies [Arkansas]
http://www.thehometownchannel.com/news/5591622/detail.html

Relief for farmers in drought-stricken areas left out of spending bill
http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/news/politics/13451904.htm

Dry Conditions Surround the Natural State [Arkansas]
http://www.kark.com/news/default.asp?mode=shownews&id=5465

How low can the lakes go? [Texas]
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-lowlakes_23met.ART.West.Edition2.15512647.html

Drought Impacting Eastern Oklahoma Ranchers
http://www.kotv.com/main/home/stories.asp?whichpage=1&id=95878

Rell requests aid for farmers hurt by drought [Connecticut]
http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=4282866&nav=3YeX

City of Ft. Smith Considering Pumping Water from Arkansas River due to Drought [Arkansas]
http://www.katv.com/news/stories/1205/288693.html

SW Missouri drought leaves waterways dry
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/13489750.htm

Farmers fought through drought in ’05 [Texas]
http://www.heralddemocrat.com/articles/2005/12/28/local_news/news03.txt

Texas Pyrotechnic Association Halts Sale of Stick Rockets, Missiles Due to Drought Conditions
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051229/dath016.html?.v=40

State Fire Marshal Urges Extreme Caution Due to Drought Conditions [Texas]
http://www2.kauz.com/kauznews/fullnews.php?id=1967

Missouri farmland values could lower tax bills
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/13512147.htm

Fires Reflect Wider Disaster: Drought [Texas/Oklahoma]
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-drought30dec30,1,2457327.story?coll=la-headlines-nation

Disastrous drought blights area [Texas]
http://www.heralddemocrat.com/articles/2005/12/31/life/life03.txt