Drought Resources Linda Fischer Regional Extension Education Director.

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Drought Resources Linda Fischer Regional Extension Education Director

Drought Meteorological – precipitation below normal values Agricultural- inadequate soil moisture for crops or livestock Hydrological – surface & subsurface water significantly below normal Socioeconomic – physical water shortage begins to effect daily life

National Drought Mitigation Center,

Drought Resources

A collaborative multi-state effort by the land-grant universities’ Cooperative Extension Services and the National Sea Grant College Program. –Nearly 300 members –Representing 50 states and 3 U.S. territories And…  Alaska  Hawaii  Puerto Rico  Guam  Virgin Islands What is EDEN?

Fourteen specialists representing their universities NEIL Drought Team Drought NEIL Chair: Kim Cassel SDSU

NEIL Drought Team  interdisciplinary team of Extension Specialists and Extension Educators working together to develop sustainable EDEN and EDEN eXtension research based drought resources.  Member of National VOAD & Wildfire Task Force

eXtension Drought Resources Link from EDEN home page to eXtension Sharing of Drought resource publications Links to other organizations involved with drought disaster

Drought Preparedness Continued Drought will impact beyond Agriculture Drought Capacity Building for Communities –A multi-agency, multi-organization effort to guide communities to tackle tough drought issues. –Involves a local leadership team

Drought Preparedness Drought Community Capacity Building –Each community assess it’s ability to respond & recover from long term drought –Provide community with information about drought recovery, mitigation and prevention, the planning process –Communities know best how to help themselves –Assess Community Vulnerabilities & Assets

Drought Resources ISU Extension & Outreach website: EDEN Drought Page National Drought Mitigation Center: