Understanding Your Risk and Impacts

 News Articles Relating to Drought Impacts

 July 2006

Drought forces Santa Fe to turn to wells [New Mexico]
http://www.kobtv.com/index.cfm?viewer=storyviewer&id=26593&cat=NMTOPSTORIES

Dryer straits: Drought, facilities force county-wide water conservation effort [Louisiana]
http://www.shelbycountyreporter.com/articles/2006/07/05/news/news01.txt

Ranchers selling off cattle due to drought conditions [North Dakota]
http://www.kxma.com/news/local.asp?ID=7030

One town has it especially rough in parched New Mexico
http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/45717.html

Heron Lake levels high enough for fun, but some worry about future [New Mexico]
http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/45867.html

Horticulturist: Drought can hurt trees [Kansas]
http://www.newstribune.com/articles/2006/07/06/news_state/179state48trees.txt

Drought plan in effect for reservoir [Georgia]
http://www.mainstreetnews.com/2006/July/J0705F.html

Drought spins hay into precious commodity [Mississippi]
http://www.gulflive.com/news/mississippipress/news.ssf?/base/news/1152180945251250.xml

Early drought hits farmers hard [Alabama]
http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/1152177555107650.xml&coll=1

Wyoming Outdoors: Drought’s impacts on wildlife widespread
http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/07/06/features/outdoors/45-wyo-outdoors.txt

Drought resources available from extension [Colorado]
http://www.cortezjournal.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/06/news060706_10.htm

Dorgan meets with farmers over drought conditions [North Dakota]
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2006/07/07/news/topnews/117426.txt

Winter drought still biting [Texas]
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/outdoors/4033956.html

Drought Taking Toll On North Texas Cattle Ranchers
http://cbs11tv.com/topstories/local_story_188230307.html

Drought affecting shipments of road oil [Kansas]
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2006/jul/11/drought_affecting_shipments_road_oil/

At the drought’s epicenter [North Dakota]
http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2006/07/11/news/topnews/117606.txt

More water restrictions due to drought [South Dakota]
http://www.kxma.com/news/local.asp?ID=7049

Lingering drought takes toll on state’s farmers, ranchers [Oklahoma]
http://www.kten.com/Global/story.asp?S=5135848

Drought forcing Town to Stage 2 restrictions [Texas]
http://www.mckinneymessenger.com/articles/2006/07/24/flower_mound_leader/news/001news.txt

Alabama drought forcing early livestock sales
http://www.wtvm.com/Global/story.asp?S=5185078&nav=menu91_2

US Cattle Supply Swells as Drought Persists
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/37366/story.htm

Drought still ongoing [Texas]
http://www.heraldbanner.com/homepage/local_story_205003937.html?keyword=leadpicturestory

Heat, drought raises fire danger [Alabama]
http://www.hartselleenquirer.com/articles/2006/07/24/news/news1.txt

Drought Affects Big Muddy: The Army Corps of Engineers is Releasing Water From Kansas Lakes to Keep Barges Afloat
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/584901/drought_affects_big_muddy_the_army_corps_of_engineers_is/index.html?source=r_science

Area is being besieged by butterflies [Texas]
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/weather/stories/MYSA072106.01A.butterfly.14d5f40.html

Kenedy already hit with Stage 4 water restrictions [Texas]
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/environment/stories/MYSA072606.01A.kenedy_water.338f152.html

Big Mac hit hard [Nebraska]
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2006/07/27/top_story/doc44c80419f2154754863313.txt

Mesa Verde Park employee sees drought up close
http://durangoherald.com/asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/06/news060727_4.htm

Drought slams farms [Alabama]
http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1154078719143530.xml&coll=2

Guard called in to fight wildfires [Nebraska]
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2006/07/28/local/doc44ca236e283c0308965610.txt