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1 Mike Crimmins Dept. of Soil, Water, & Env. Science & Arizona Cooperative Extension The University of Arizona Mike Crimmins Dept. of Soil, Water, & Env. Science & Arizona Cooperative Extension The University of Arizona Local Drought Impact Groups in Arizona

2 Arizona Drought Preparedness Plan: Organizational Structure Monitoring & Preparedness Governor’s Office & Cabinet Monitoring Committee Interagency Coordinating Group Local Drought Impact Groups (LDIGs) Mitigation & Response Arizona Department of Water Resources Assessment & Adaptation From ADWR 2006

3 Local Drought Impact Groups Geographic Scale: County-level Leadership: Organized and coordinated by local Cooperative Extension and Emergency Management; oversight by AZ Dept of Water Resources Membership: Local municipal officials, natural resource managers, agricultural producers, water mangers/providers, concerned citizens/watershed groups Function: Organize local-level drought impact monitoring, assess local vulnerabilities, develop response, mitigation, and outreach plans

4 Six established groups Two in initial meetings stage Six to be developed over next 2 years LDIG Development

5 LDIG Activities Development of subcommittees: monitoring, mitigation/response, education/outreach Quarterly full group meetings, periodic subcommittee meetings Developing monitoring plans/recruiting volunteers (impact reporting, precipitation) Providing local reports for state drought status maps Finding local support ($$), initiating local efforts (e.g. Santa Cruz NRCD – meteorological stations with soil moisture at several ranches throughout county)

6 Successes and Challenges LDIG meetings have been well attended – broad interest in drought monitoring and preparedness Are all of the necessary stakeholders at the table in each county? Volunteer participation has continued beyond initial planning stages – enthusiasm and interest continues, but… No financial support for coordination or activities at county level – how long can initiatives be maintained? Exciting, innovative approach to drought monitoring and planning

7 Arizona Drought Impact Reporting System Impact monitoring = key LDIG task Why?: better characterizations of drought, vulnerability assessments Requested development of tool to facilitate collection and synthesis of impact reports Initial effort was a hardcopy impact checklist adapted from Colorado Drought Plan; iteratively adjusted with feedback from all LDIGs Request for transition to web-based tool

8 AZ-DIRS Development Temporary, form-based system (v1.0) deployed for testing in 2006 Feedback from LDIGs and MTC = focus group meetings, teleconference meetings, and email communications ‘Mock up’ system being used to gain feedback on system design, features, and general structure  continued interaction with LDIGs to guide development process Operational system in place by spring 2008

9 AZ-DIRS v1.0 http://java.arid.arizona.edu/ccdis Project Partners AZ Governor’s Drought Task Force Arizona Coop. Ext. Arizona Dept. of Water Resources ($) USDA-NRCS ($) NDMC ($) University of Arizona Research Centers (SAHRA($), WRRC($) OALS) County LDIGs

10 AZ-DIRS v2.0 yesno Impact observed? Yes/No Trends, specific impact details, and additional geographic info provided here http://dirs.arid.arizona.edu/index.html

11 AZ-DIRS: Impact reporting sectors Agricultural Operations Livestock Production and Rangelands Economic, Cultural, Recreation Aquatic Species/Riparian Areas Terrestrial Wildlife Plant Communities/Ecosystem Function Hydrology/Water Resources

12 Impact Reporting Units = HUC 10 Watersheds

13 AZ-DIRS v2.0

14 AZ-DIRS: Custom Features User profile management (customize geographic areas, sectors) Observed impacts will be switched on/off each month Automated email notifications will remind observers to revisit previously reported impacts (e.g. ‘turn off’ impact that is no longer occurring Notification when impacts are reported in geographic areas of interest (RSS feeds, email alerts)

15 AZ-DIRS: Custom Features Additional data types (e.g. NRCS/NRCD vegetation monitoring, photo points) Google Map platform will allow impact maps to be exported into Google Earth Customized reporting (agencies vs. media) Integration into Arizona Hydrologic Information System (Rainlog, Arizona Flood Warning &Drought Monitoring System, Arizona Wells Database…) Coordination/connection to National Drought Impacts Reporter

16 Implementation of AZ-DIRS Identify key impact reporters (by watershed and sector) Training workshops Web-based training materials Administrative tools  LDIGs manage impact reporter accounts Monthly/quarterly reports Additional reports based on requests to reporter email list

17 Stay tuned… crimmins@u.arizona.edu http://cals.arizona.edu/climate crimmins@u.arizona.edu

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