The National Drought Mitigation Center was mentioned in the media more than 30 times in June as cities and states looked to the U.S. Drought Monitor in discussing drought conditions spreading and contracting around the country.
Brian Fuchs, NDMC climatologist, was quoted in a June 3 Alabama Public Radio report on drought in upper Alabama: http://apr.org/post/utility-tells-residents-not-drink-tap-water-north-alabama-deals-drought. His conversation continued in a separate June 3 Alabama Public Radio report on drought: http://apr.org/post/drought-continues-abortion-lawsuit
Fuchs also was featured in a USA Today story June 10 on El Nino drawing to a close: http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2016/06/09/el-nino-california-drought-la-nina-hurricanes/85650980/
Deborah Bathke, NDMC climatologist, was quoted in a June 20 Public News Service report on looming drought in Iowa, where she also talked about the link between climate change and drought: http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-06-20/environment/iowa-drought-concerns-high-as-abnormally-dry-areas-nearly-double/a52504-1
Bathke also was quoted in a Feedstuffs story June 21 on drought in the west: http://feedstuffs.com/story-drought-conditions-improve-west-45-142932
Research by Mark Pegg, fisheries ecologist at SNR, also hit the news.
A June 29 Bismarck Tribune article about fishing described a project that tracks catfish in the Red River: http://bismarcktribune.com/news/state-and-regional/from-catfish-transmitters-to-catfish-tournaments-plenty-is-happening-on/article_823bfe88-601f-5369-bd32-c3f5e47b2f76.html
This list is not comprehensive. If you saw SNR featured in an article, blog or other news medium not included here, please forward the link and information to Shawna Richter-Ryerson at shawna@unl.edu.
-- Shawna Richter-Ryerson, natural resources
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