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April 11-13, 2023
Boulder City, NV

Organized by the National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC), United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the United States Bureau of Reclamation (USBR).

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• Welcome to the 13th Biennial United States Drought Monitor Forum
  Brian Fuchs
• History of the USDM: A Look Back and A Look Forward
  Mark Svoboda
• The United States Drought Monitor Process: The “Gold Standard”
  Brian Fuchs
• USDA and the U.S. Drought Monitor: 2023 Update
  Brad Rippey
• Week-2 Hazards: Rapid Onset Drought Risk Probabilistic Drought Outlooks
  Brad Pugh
• NDMC Drought Information Tools Update
  Curtis Riganti
• Flash Drought: From Early Warning to Early Action
  Jason Otkin
• A Product for Near Real-Time Flash Drought Monitoring
  Jordan Christian
• Drought Impacts: Current State of Affairs
  Kelly Smith
• The Current State of CoCoRaHS
  Henry Reges
• Enhancing the hydrological drought monitoring capability of the US Drought Monitor
  Tirthankar Roy
• Drought Assessment Has Been Outpaced By Climate Change: Empirical Arguments for a Paradigm Shift
  Zach Holyman
• The Next Generation “Objective Blends” from the National Drought Mitigation Center
  Brian Fuchs
• Snow Drought in the West and Beyond
  Dan McEvoy
• USDA Southwest Climate Hub:Diverse landscapes, risks and solutions
  Noah Silber-Coats
• Drought Impacts on Hydropower: Hoover, Parker, and Davis Dams
  Len Schilling
• Spring Ecosystems as Climate Refugia in the Colorado River Basin, Southwestern USA
  Larry Stevens
• USGS Drought Predictions
  Erik Smith
• Next Generation USGS Snow Monitoring and Modeling Activities in the Upper Colorado River Basin
  Graham Sextone
• Climate of Nevada
  Klaire Rhodes
• Changing climate drives future streamflow and baseflow declines and challenges in meeting water demand across the southwestern United States
  Olivia Miller
• Regional Scale Water Availability Assessment in the Upper Colorado River Basin
  Matt Miller
• NRCS Snow Survey: Update on New Data Products and Site Upgrades
  Karl Wetlaufer
• NWS predictions in peak flow related to changes in snowpack
  Barry Pierce
• USBR: Status of the Colorado River
  Meghan Thiemann
• USBR snow water supply forecast program
  Christopher Frans
• Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program: Technology, Restoration, and Climate Variability
  Jimmy Knowles