Oregon Department of Agriculture Oregon drought resources: 2005 Situation

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Oregon Department of Agriculture

Oregon drought resources: 2005 Situation


Governor's Office	Drought monitoring
USDA disaster assistance sites	Weather and climate
OSU Drought Web Site	Governor's Executive Orders
Livestock management	Publications
Drought preparedness: farmers	More resources
USDA hay net


Governor's Office

Governor Ted Kulongoski´s Office has posted a State of Oregon drought and fire Web page. This page features weekly updates, drought and fire information, and agency links.


USDA disaster assistance sites

http://disaster.fsa.usda.gov/programs.htm http://disaster.fsa.usda.gov/fsa.asp http://disaster.usda.gov/drought_jump.htm


OSU Drought Web Site

http://extension.oregonstate.edu/emergency/drought.php


Drought preparedness: farmers

http://www.uwex.edu/ces/news/info/drought.pdf http://www.cft.uwex.edu/ces/news/handbook.html http://lawr.ucdavis.edu/irrigation/drought_tips/tips.htm http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/jan97/sustain.pdf http://www.rma.usda.gov/news/2003/04/PreventedPlanting.pdf Irrigation related information Best Management Practices: http://www.cropinfo.net/bestpractices/Malcountybmp.html Surge Irrigation:http://www.cropinfo.net/bestpractices/bmpsurgereport.html Irrigation scheduling: http://www.cropinfo.net/irrigschedule.htm Drip Irrigation: http://eesc.orst.edu/agcomwebfile/EdMat/html/EM/EM8782/em8782.html Strategies for Reducing Irrigation Water Use: http://eesc.orst.edu/agcomwebfile/EdMat/html/EM/EM8783/em8783.html Contace for additional information: Clinton C. Shock Superintendent and Professor Malheur Experiment Station, OSU 595 Onion Ave., Ontario, OR 97914 (541) 889-2174 mobile (208) 739-2674 www.cropinfo.net


Drought monitoring

http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html http://www.fsa.usda.gov/indc/drought_monitor.htm http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/monitoring_and_data/drought.shtml http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hic/current/drought http://water.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/dailyMainW?state=us&map_type=dryw&web_type=map


Weather and climate

Oregon Weather Center http://oregon.gov/ODA/NRD/weather.shtml USDA Risk Management Agency crop weather reports and conditions http://www.rma.usda.gov/weather Weekly weather and crop bulletin http://www.usda.gov/oce/waob/jawf/wwcb.html http://www.usda.gov/oce/waob/jawf/index.html National Drought Mitigation Center http://www.drought.unl.edu/index.htm National Water and Climate Center http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/wcc.html http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/wsf/


Governor's Executive Orders

Oregon drought declarations


Publications

Livestock Water Management During a Drought Excerpts from OSU Extension publication EM 8588, April 1995, by M.M. Borman and T.E. Bedell. The publication can be found on OSU's Web page. Supplementing Cattle on Drought Affecting Pastures and Ranges This material was taken from a Washington State University publication (EM 4857) available on-line. In the search box type the word "drought" for downloadable files.


More resources

Extension Disaster Education Network http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/eden

Page updated: November 18, 2008

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