Understanding Your Risk and Impacts

 News Articles Relating to Drought Impacts

 October 2009

Monarch migration is under way [Texas]
http://www.gulfbreezenews.com/news/2009/1001/home/074.html

Fight brews over developer’s ‘lakes’ [Texas]
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/2009/10/03/1003river.html

Sacramento Nestle Waters bottling plant draws fire [California]
http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/2230936.html

Calif. River Restoration Begins Amid Debate [California]
http://cbs13.com/wireapnewsca/As.Calif.river.2.1221059.html

Court orders government to pay for water losses [California]
http://www.contracostatimes.com/top-stories/ci_13472637#

Florida orange crop may drop 16 percent, USDA says
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1274279.html

Ag commissioner: Disaster declaration needed [Louisiana]
http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20091009/NEWS01/91009004/Ag+commissioner++Disaster+declaration+needed

Rancho California Water District may bar new connections
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_swater08.456c01a.html

60+ Kraft Foods’ Volunteers Team Up with Community Food Bank and Foodlink in Response to Drought Crisis to Make a Delicious Difference in Fresno and Tulare County [California]
http://www.sunherald.com/prnewswire/story/1659630.html

Scanty rain imperils key natural sites [Arizona]
http://azstarnet.com/sn/sahuarita/312469

Christmas tree farmers expecting good crop [Georgia]
http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=223889&c=10

Drought replenishes Long Meadow Lake [Minnesota]
http://www.startribune.com/local/west/63937552.html

Feral hogs have always been problem for ranchers, farmers [Texas]
http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2009/oct/12/jo_feral_hogs_100609_68878/?business

Salmon stranded in San Geronimo Valley [California]
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/10/BA031A1G5O.DTL&type=newsbayarea

Marijuana growers worsening California drought
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2009/10/10/marijuana-growers-worsening-california-drought/

Marin Municipal Water District sells less water, makes cuts [California]
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_13542291?source=most_emailed

Water uncertainty frustrates busy Calif. farmers [California]
http://www.sacbee.com/business/nation/story/2257732.html

Supreme Court hears arguments in S.C.-N.C. water lawsuit [North Carolina, South Carolina]
http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/2009/oct/13/supreme-court-hears-arguments-sc-nc-water-lawsuit/news/

Beetles’ feast on dry pines kills hundreds of trees [Texas]
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6670213.html

Explosion of hungry butterflies follows drought, heavy rains [Texas]
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/2009/10/16/1016butterflies.html

Texas drought eases, helps endangered toad
http://ap.amarillonet.com/pstories/state/tx/20091013/504318424.shtml

Man, horse rescued from Pinal sinkhole [Arizona]
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/10/15/20091015abrk-horse.html

For Water Agencies, Conservation = Layoffs [California]
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/14/for-water-agencies-conservation-means-layoffs/

River authority tells rice farmers that less water might be available [Texas]
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/2009/10/14/1014rice.html

Cattle Outlook: Cow Slaughter High For Second Year
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Cattle-Outlook--Cow-Slaughter-High-For-Second-Year/2009-10-16/Article.aspx?oid=848256&fid=CN-LATEST_NEWS_&aid=760

El Nino dries out Big Isle [Hawaii]
http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/articles/2009/10/18/local_news/local03.txt

Farmers struggling with rising water rates, shortages [California]
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_13581238#

Drought helped deliver acorns aplenty [North Carolina]
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/local/story/1008405.html

Governor Perry: Long term Texas drought threat to livestock [Texas]
http://www.examiner.com/x-1109-Dallas-Environmental-Policy-Examiner~y2009m10d19-Governor-Perry-Long-term-Texas-drought-threat-to-livestock

County crews battle shrinking roads, budget [Texas]
http://thefacts.com/story.lasso?ewcd=82e03193e98f3af5#

With bad news for water supply, LCRA faces farmers [Texas]
http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=256148

Blaming drought, LCRA mulls freeze on water sales [Texas]
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/2009/10/27/1027lcra.html

Lanier and Allatoona boosters want lake levels permanently raised [Georgia]
http://www.ajc.com/news/lanier-and-allatoona-boosters-173918.html?cxtype=rss_news_128746

Sesame Seed Farms Thrive [Texas]
http://www.ksat.com/news/21476385/detail.html

West Coast Grapegrowers Confront Water Shortage [California, Oregon]
http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/41090

Rain & Drought Shrinking Cotton Gin’s Profits [Texas]
http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/67096422.html

Officials urge water use reduction [California]
http://www.malibutimes.com/articles/2009/10/28/news/news5.txt