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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.

Drought resources collected by Texas AgriLife Extension Service and organized by department:

  1. Agricultural Economics

  2. Animal Science

  3. Ag Engineering

  4. Ecosystem Science and Management (Range & Forestry)

  5. Horticulture

  6. Soil & Crop Sciences

  7. Veterinary Medicine


Additional Resources by Texas AgriLife Extension Service:

  1. Additional Texas EDEN Drought Resources (IRT)
    Texas AgriLife Extension Service

  2. Managing for Drought on Texas Rangelands
    Texas AgriLife Extension Service

  3. Water Efficient Practices for Saving your Landscapes
    Texas AgriLife Extension Service

  4. Financial Security: Managing your Money in Tough Times
    Texas AgriLife Extension Service, eExtension

  5. Plant Answers Drought Information
    Aggie Horticulture

For additional drought information on maps, monitors and weather please go to:
http://agrilife.tamu.edu/drought/


Drought Information from other Reputable Sources:

  1. US Drought Monitor: Current Conditions
    National Drought Mitigation Center
    University of Nebraska

  2. National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS)
    drought.gov
    NOAA

  3. Defending Against Drought
    National Resources Conservation Service
    USDA

  4. Disaster Resource Information Packet
    Texas Department of Agriculture

  5. Drought and Public Water Systems
    Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

  6. Drought and Weather
    National Agricultural Library
    USDA

  7. Drought Information Center
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  8. Drought Resource Guide ( Printer-friendly PDF )
    National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service

  9. Low Water Use Plants
    Arizona Cooperative Extension

  10. Irrigation
    National Resources Conservation Service
    USDA

  11. National Drought Mitigation Center
    University of Nebraska

  12. National Water & Climate Center
    National Resources Conservation Service
    USDA

  13. National Weather Service: Climate Prediction Center
    NOAA

  14. National Weather Service: Precipitation Analysis
    NOAA

  15. Soil Moisture Monitoring
    NOAA

  16. Soil Quality
    National Resources Conservation Service
    USDA

  17. Surf Your Watershed
    US Environmental Protection Agency

  18. Texas Climatic Bulletin
    Office of the State Climatologist

  19. Texas Fire Dangers & Advisories
    Texas Forest Service Fire

  20. The Texas Manual on Rainwater Harvesting
    Texas Water Development Board

  21. Texas Water Conditions Report
    Texas Water Development Board

  22. Texas SmartScape®

  23. Variety Testing Information: Dealing with Drought
    Texas A&M University

  24. What is a Drought?
    National Weather Service

  25. Water Conservation Brochures
    Texas Water Development Board

  26. Real-Time Water Data for Texas
    USGS

  27. Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
    USDA

  28. Building Soils for Better Crops
    Magdoff, Fred, and Harold van Es. 2000. Second Edition. SAN. Beltsville, MD.

  29. Interpreting Indicators of Rangeland Health
    Pellant, Mike, Patrick Shaver, David A. Pyke, and Jeffrey E. Herrick. 2000. Version 3. 1734-6. United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, National Science and Technology Center, Information and Communications Group. Denver, CO. 111 p.