- Examples of drought plan
- West Slope: Drought Planning from A Ranchers’ Perspective.
Jeff Meyer and Erika Murphy discuss the broad adaptive actions they’ve taken to increase their resilience to drought including irrigation improvements. Also includes and legalities of stock water retention and stock water rights. Speakers include Jeff Meyer and Erika Murphy of Coyote Creek Ranch on creating their drought plan, and Brian Romig, Lead Water Administrator, Colorado Division of Water Resources, Division #6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vQSgmQicjY - Elements of a drought plan: CSU Extension’s Retta Bruegger goes through the basic building blocks of a drought plain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKt5RG1YH6A. drought plan starts at minute 45.
- Additional resources
- An Easy to Use System for Developing a Drought Management Contingency Plan
- Managing Drought Risk on the Ranch https://drought.unl.edu/ranchplan/Overview.aspx
- For public lands grazing: Guide to Co-Developing Drought Preparation Plans for Livestock Grazing on Southwest National Forests https://cals.arizona.edu/droughtandgrazing/guides
This Guide helps the Forest Service and ranchers with grazing permits collaborate to assess drought risk and impacts, identify issues with current level of preparedness using scenario planning, select and prioritize practices to include in their Drought Preparation Plan, and then begin the process to gain approval through the NEPA review process.
- West Slope: Drought Planning from A Ranchers’ Perspective.
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Up-to-date drought-related resources from CSU Extension & our partnering agencies.