Monitoring and Impact Reporting

Increase monitoring and explore new drought indicators and technologies.

2024 Proposed Activities

• Replicate Hawaii online tool in one state
• Help Indigenous Collaboration team increase monitoring
• Continue drought briefings
• Promote mesonets

2022–2023 Proposed Activities

• Co-host an in-person four corners drought monitoring workshop in April 2023 with the indigenous collaboration team. Contact: Emile Elias 
• Host monthly Drought Briefings focused on drought conditions, outlook and response tools. Contact: Joel Lisonbee and Curtis Riganti. 
• Identify and refine drought indicators. Contact: Laura Haskell 
• Launch a localized monitoring blitz with partners featuring CMOR and CoCoRaHS. Contact: Brian Fuchs, Henry Reges, Kelly Smith. 
• Expand a drought gap analysis. Contact: Rebecca Frus. 
• Increase forest condition monitoring and drought indicator collaboration. Contact: Brian Fuchs.

Leadership Team

Emile Elias, USDA SW Climate Hub
Laura Haskell, Utah Department of Water Resources
Gretel Follingstad, National Integrated Drought Information System
Curtis Riganti, National Drought Mitigation Cente