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Droughts

A drought is a period of abnormally dry weather that persists long enough to produce a serious hydrologic imbalance. Droughts have wide-ranging adverse economic, environmental, and social impacts as rivers, reservoirs, groundwater levels, and soil moisture all drop.

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1. State of Texas Drought Preparedness Plan
   This plan outlines both long-term and short-term measures that are to be used to prepare for, respond to, and mitigate the effects of drought.
2. Managing for Drought on Texas Rangelands
3. Droughts: Water Efficient Practices for Saving Your Landscape
   Texas AgriLife Extension Service
4. The Texas Drought
   The Texas A&M Agriculture News
5. Drought
   Talking About Disaster: Guide for Standard Messages
6. Drought Information
   National Drought Mitigation Center
7. Texas Drought Management Strategies
   Texas AgriLife Extension Service
8. What is a Drought?
   National Weather Service
9. Wyoming Rangelands: Drought Planning and Management Resources
10. Precision Agriculture, Lawn & Garden Weather Forecasts by County
    Based On National Weather Service Digital County Forecasts/ National Digital Forecast Database