Understanding Your Risk and Impacts

 News Articles Relating to Drought Impacts

 February 2009

Drought likely to hit grape growers first [California]
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20090202/ARTICLES/902020251#

Dry prairies full of fuel [Texas]
http://www.amarillo.com/stories/020309/new_12473266.shtml

Water shortage still a worry for Georgians
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2009/02/02/georgia_drought.html

Bolinas Limits Water Use to Fight Drought; Others Look at Measures [California]
http://www.pwmag.com/industry-news.asp?sectionID=760&articleID=862911

Beekeepers face threats from drought and Down Under [California]
http://www.redding.com/news/2009/feb/01/beekeepers-face-threats-from-drought-and-down/

Agencies seek to preserve water in Calif lakes [California]
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/feb/05/ca-california-water-020509/?zIndex=48762

‘It’s not a pretty sight’ [California]
http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/article/20090209/NEWS/902090302/0/SPORTS0901

Study: Warming climate to hurt Calif bird species [California]
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/02/09/state/n210139S57.DTL&type=science

Water shortage threatens to curb UC research [California]
http://westernfarmpress.com/news/water-shortage-0206/

Drought-like conditions cause worry, conservation [Texas]
http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/business/local/drought-like_conditions_cause_worry__conservation_02-12-2009.html

Farmers deal with drought [Texas]
http://www.caller.com/news/2009/feb/11/farmers-deal-with-drought/

Farming Crisis Hits Kern County [California]
http://www.turnto23.com/news/18695365/detail.html

Texas Ranchers and Farmers Struggle in Drought
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/us/12drought.html

Water conditions edge toward worse ever [California]
http://www.uniondemocrat.com/2009021395930/News/Local-News/Water-conditions-edge-toward-worse-ever

Farmers keep wary eye on California drought
http://www.greeleytribune.com/article/20090215/NEWS/902159907/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1001&title=Farmers20keep20wary20eye20on20California20drought

Livestock numbers decline in North Dakota during 2008
http://www.farmandranchguide.com/articles/2009/02/17/ag_news/livestock_news/live19.txt

Dry conditions boost wildfire risk around Tampa Bay [Florida]
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/fire/article974414.ece

Emergency orders allow withdrawals from Sulphur Springs and Tampa Bypass Canal to help meet Tampa Bay Water demand [Florida]
http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/news/article/1187/

Reclamation Anticipates Reduced Allocations Amid Harsh California Drought Conditions
http://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/newsrelease/detail.cfm?RecordID=26641

Rollin’ on the River: an Eye-Opener [Florida]
http://www.theledger.com/article/20090216/COLUMNISTS/902160362?Title=Rollin__on_the_River__an_Eye_Opener

Bleak forecasts worry ranchers, farmers [Texas]
http://herald-zeitung.com/story.lasso?ewcd=d69d07badef45810&

DROUGHT TOPS AGENDA FOR STATE BOARD OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE [California]
http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/egov/Press_Releases/Press_Release.asp?PRnum=09-009

Wildfire contained [Florida]
http://www.ocala.com/article/20090219/ARTICLES/902190994/1402/NEWS?Title=Wildfire-contained#

Federal water forecast is grim for some Valley farms: Not a drop [California]
http://www.sacbee.com/288/story/1638882.html

Discarded Cigarette Caused 400-Acre Wildfire [Texas]
http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/40434822.html

Fire Danger: 250 acres up in smoke [Florida]
http://www.cbs12.com/news/fire_4715056___article.html/killing_through.html

County declares drought disaster [Texas]
http://www.seguingazette.com/story.lasso?ewcd=6889f719c6b0b617

Drought About to Hit Home for Everyone in the Valley [California]
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/local&id=6681074

California almond industry feeling the squeeze
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/28/BU1A1651TB.DTL&type=business