Mitigating Drought

 News Articles Relating to Drought Mitigation

 April 2005

Drought impacts weighed [Idaho]
http://www.capitalpress.info/Main.asp?SectionID=67&SubSectionID=792&ArticleID=16372

Drought will push electric bills higher [Oregon]
http://www.capitalpress.info/Main.asp?SectionID=67&SubSectionID=792&ArticleID=16371

Drought plans not ready [Colorado River basin]
http://www.elynews.com/archive/2005/04/01/LocalNews/319413.html

Oregon’s governor tries to lessen impact of continuing drought
http://www.uswaternews.com/archives/arcsupply/5oreggove4.html

Washington governor calls for conservation, cash to ease drought impact
http://www.uswaternews.com/archives/arcconserv/5washgove4.html

Water conservation program a hit [Nebraska]
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_pg=1638&u_sid=1377302

NRD may ban new irrigation in parts of Polk, Hamilton counties [Nebraska]
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2005/04/05/local/doc4251cd1414d35722356757.txt

Colorado River states at odds over Powell releases
http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2640122

Drought-tolerant concept embraced by developers [California]
http://www.vvdailypress.com/2005/111279389432434.html

Black Hills agencies plan to attack fires hard, fast
http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050405/NEWS03/504050321/1001

Wyo readies for fire season
http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/04/05/news/wyoming/4d4c491ed3eb462f87256fd9005e1653.txt

North Dakota considering plan to divert water from Lake of the Woods (Canada)
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cpress/20050411/ca_pr_on_na/water_flashpoint_2

Governor Declares Drought Emergencies In 6 Counties [Oregon]
http://www.koin.com/news.asp?ID=2051

Bill would make room for drought-tolerant landscapes [Colorado]
http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050412/NEWS01/50412002

Army Corps closing in on drought plan for Missouri River
http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/04/12_hetlandc_lowwater/

Aurora imposes watering limits [Colorado]
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,,36~53~2812752,00.html

Drought Forces Tighter Water Restrictions On North Platte
http://www.pressanddakotan.com/stories/041405/news_20050414032.shtml

City keeps low-water ways as drought alert set to end [Arizona]
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0414drought14.html

Schweitzer: Hold Missouri to river deal
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/04/13/build/state/35-gov-river-deal.inc

Johnson touts drought bill [South Dakota]
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2005/04/14/news/local/news07.txt

Drought crimps grazing on federal lands [South Dakota]
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2005/04/18/news/local/top/news01.txt

Senators seek easier drought-aid access [Oregon]
http://www.bendbulletin.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=16111

Governor declares drought emergency [Idaho]
http://www.idahopress.com/articles/2005/04/16/news/news1.txt

West’s Water Troubles Getting Worse
http://sacunion.com/pages/california/articles/4158

Balancing fire risks with Lewis and Clark tourism [Montana]
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05110/490877.stm

Pennington County drought declaration [South Dakota]
http://www.kotatv.com/localnews/story.asp?ID=20858

Carlsbad, SDCWA reach tentative agreement on desalination plant [California]
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/sddt/20050420/lo_sddt/carlsbadsdcwareachtentativeagreementondesalination

Feds allocate Klamath water during drought
http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096410757

Wyoming Gov. Freudenthal promotes new technology for ranch water
http://www.uswaternews.com/archives/arcsupply/5wyomgov.4.html

Kennewick saving for a rainy day [Washington]
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/v-rss/story/6418895p-6297736c.html

Environmental Group Tackling Drought in Idaho http://www2.kbcitv.com/x5154.xml?ParentPageID=x5157&ContentID=x64623&Layout=KBCI.xsl&AdGroupID=x5154

SDSU Publication Addresses Drought, Stocking Rate
http://www.southdakotaagconnection.com/story-state.cfm?Id=344&yr=2005