For nearly 30 years, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln has been the preeminent source for drought planning, tracking and education through the National Drought Mitigation Center.
The center launched in 1995 after founding director Don Wilhite, professor emeritus, began a series of discussions and workshops with federal climate and agricultural agencies on the importance of fully understanding and planning for drought. Wilhite was already working on drought information dissemination, having founded the International Drought Information Center in 1989, which had a global audience, but Wilhite felt there was an inadequate focus in the United States.
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