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Working Beyond Boundaries
— SPEAKER —
MEGHAN SITTLERResearch and Outreach Specialist National Drought Mitigation Center
Lincoln, NE
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Risk Management Beyond Boundaries
Meghan SittlerNational Drought Mitigation Center
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Las Vegas, 83.3%
Boise, 46.1%
Denver, 30.4%
Dallas-Ft Worth, 29.3% Atlanta, 38.9%
Raleigh-Durham, 38.9%
Orlando, 34.3%
Phoenix, 45.3%
Provo, 39.8%
Austin, 47.7%
Population Growth, meet Drought
2000 Census Figures—Percent change in population growth, 1990-2000
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Projected Drought Vulnerability in Utah
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National Drought Mitigation Center
Lessen societal vulnerability to drought by promoting planning and the adoption of appropriate risk management techniques.
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Activities
Monitoring
Planning & Mitigation
Education & Outreach
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Assessing Impacts
Droughtreporter.unl.edu
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How Do People Use the Drought Impact Reporter?
As a plea for help!
Do depicted areas match “on the ground” conditions?
Policymaking
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“Drought Ready Communities”
Community-based drought awareness & planning
Build upon:
NWS’ “Storm Ready Communities”
Groundwater Foundation’s “Groundwater Guardian”
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Climate & Water Education
Waters of Nebraska KIDs Activity book
Climate Variability and Change Curriculum
Proposed development of curriculum
US focused initially
Expand to Global
Basics + mitigation/risk management
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Low Flow Projects
Upper Missouri (2006)
Upper Mississippi (2004)
North Platte (2005)
Red River of the North (2007)
Trinity River Basin (2007)
Upper Colorado (2008)
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Ranch Plan
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VegDRI
http://www.drought.unl.edu/vegdri/VegDRI_Main.htm
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