Understanding Your Risk and Impacts

 News Articles Relating to Drought Impacts

 October 2005

Drought put a damper on Great Pumpkin this year [Illinois]
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-pumpkin03.html

Forest managers try to stop beetles [Wyoming]
http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/10/03/news/wyoming/3e94d1b0224f68df8725708e0020ffb2.txt

When insult follows injury [Iowa]
http://www.qctimes.net/articles/2005/10/02/news/local/doc433f5e2aa541d125501079.txt

Has drought, flood of pink salmon stymied Kodiak’s Buskin River silver salmon run? [Alaska]
http://www.adn.com/outdoors/story/7038908p-6942550c.html

Blount enters drought conditions [Tennessee]
http://www.thedailytimes.com/sited/story/html/218949

Drought hurts tornado season [Illinois]
http://www.pantagraph.com/stories/100505/new_20051005056.shtml

Marshal: County drought conditions expected to worsen [Texas]
http://www.heraldbanner.com/articles/2005/10/05/news/local/news02.txt

Drought harm minimized [Indiana]
http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/business/12832511.htm

Drought affecting many [Texas]
http://www.heralddemocrat.com/articles/2005/10/05/local_news/news01.txt

Drought leads to low lake levels [Illiniois]
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/update10061.html

Colorado is ‘recovering but not recovered’ from historic drought
http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/gen/ap/CO_Colorado_Drought.html

Drought could dampen duck hunt [Pennsylvania]
http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/17550

Pastures shrivel under drought [East Coast]
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/harford/bal-ha.farm09oct09,1,4504961.story?track=rss

Governor asks for federal drought declaration for 14 counties [Washington]
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002547303_webdrought07.html

Drought caused huge loss of piñons [Arizona]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/azstar/20051011/lo_azstar/droughtcausedhugelossofpions

Rain Comes Too Late for Some VA Crops
http://www.rednova.com/news/science/267219/rain_comes_too_late_for_some_va_crops_drought_coupled/
index.html?source=r_science

Illinois Pumpkins Smaller in Size Due to Drought
http://wjbdradio.com/news_view.asp?WEBID=3465

Missouri’s Pumpkin Crop Looks Good, Despite Drought
http://www.ksdk.com/news/hot_topics_article.aspx?storyid=85989

Water year ends on dry note [Idaho]
http://www.agweekly.com/articles/2005/10/10/news/ag_news/news03.txt

Large Shade Trees at Risk as Drought Continues [Texas]
http://agnews.tamu.edu/dailynews/stories/FRSC/Oct1205a.htm

Home: Drought's toll takes time to assess [Texas]
http://www.theeagle.com/stories/101405/gardening_20051014035.php

Southwest Virginia town amid drought, low reservoir
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-va--bigstonegapdrough1014oct14,0,1300689.story?coll=dp-headlines-virginia

Easley urges water conservation in N.C. drought areas
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/news/local/12894493.htm

Rita Spares Texas Pecan Crop, But Drought Doesn’t
http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/1906872.html

Drought dries profits [Illinois]
http://www.star.niu.edu/articles/?id=12090

Feeling the drought [Illinois]
http://www.star.niu.edu/articles/?id=12111

More Gypsy Moths May Threaten Trees [Maryland]
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/outdoors/bal-ar.gypsy21oct21,1,971822.story?track=rss

Southeastern Oklahoma Sets Drought Record
http://www.kotv.com/main/home/stories.asp?whichpage=1&id=92384

Drought, low reservoir alter lives in Big Stone Gap [Virginia]
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-va--bigstonedrought1022oct22,0,3249515.story?coll=dp-headlines-virginia

Chances of wildfires increase with drought [Louisiana]
http://www.hammondstar.com/articles/2005/10/25/top_stories/news14.txt

Drought’s impact on agriculture sinks in [Missouri]
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/story.php?ID=16740

Local experts discuss Fannin drought [Texas]
http://www.heralddemocrat.com/articles/2005/10/28/local_news/news10.txt

Edwards Aquifer is under drought alert [Texas]
http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=148605