Working Beyond Boundaries

— SPEAKER —

MEGHAN SITTLERResearch and Outreach Specialist National Drought Mitigation Center

Lincoln, NE

Risk Management Beyond Boundaries

Meghan SittlerNational Drought Mitigation Center

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

Projected Drought Vulnerability in Utah

National Drought Mitigation Center

Lessen societal vulnerability to drought by promoting planning and the adoption of appropriate risk management techniques.

Activities

Monitoring

Planning & Mitigation

Education & Outreach

Assessing Impacts

Droughtreporter.unl.edu

How Do People Use the Drought Impact Reporter?

As a plea for help!

Do depicted areas match “on the ground” conditions?

Policymaking

“Drought Ready Communities”

Community-based drought awareness & planning

Build upon:

NWS’ “Storm Ready Communities”

Groundwater Foundation’s “Groundwater Guardian”

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

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)

Ranch Plan

VegDRI

http://www.drought.unl.edu/vegdri/VegDRI_Main.htm

Questions?

http://drought.unl.edu

msittler2@unl.edu