The National Drought Mitigation Center was mentioned in the media more than 55 times in July as cities and states looked to the U.S. Drought Monitor in discussing drought conditions spreading and contracting around the country. NU and SNR work in Africa also was featured in several news outlets, and former SNR Director and NDMC Founder Don Wilhite’s retirement made the national news.
That state climate office also was featured prominently during the July heat wave.
Brian Fuchs, NDMC climatologist, was quoted in a July 1 Livingston County News report on drought in New York: http://www.thelcn.com/lcn01/drought-officially-arrives-in-glow-region-20160701
Former SNR Director and NDMC Founder Don Wilhite’s retirement also made national news. Eric Wolff wrote about it in his July 1 column, “DOE wants to hear from ‘you’ on QER”: http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-energy/2016/07/doe-wants-to-hear-from-you-on-the-qer-215129
Both the Lincoln Journal Star and the Omaha World Herald also ran features on “Dr. Drought”: http://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/retiring-dr-drought-tells-politicians-climate-change-is-science-not/article_51288fd4-b26c-5926-a9d4-ff62d62da53a.html and http://www.omaha.com/news/nebraska/though-he-s-retiring-from-unl-dr-drought-plans-to/article_16dd6da3-b4f4-5c00-be61-34b0ecb918a4.html
Work that the National Drought Mitigation Center and the School of Natural Resources is doing internationally was featured in an Omaha World Herald column, “NU’s ag outreach is helping Africa, on July 8: http://www.omaha.com/opinion/editorial-nu-s-ag-outreach-is-helping-africa/article_963a22b7-025a-5c33-b8b8-446a0c0fa7b6.html
Tonya Haigh, rural sociologist with the NDMC, and Maggi Sliwinski, SNR doctoral student, both were featured in a July 9 article about the upcoming 16th annual Nebraska Grazing Conference set for today and Aug. 10 in Kearney: http://www.theindependent.com/news/ag_news/aglines-roundup-for-july/article_95c78700-448f-11e6-83de-43e5cf94eb84.html
Work that the NDMC, CALMIT and Water for Food Global Institute are doing in the Middle East and North Africa region was featured in the AgProfessional article “NU agencies lead project to help MENA region respond to drought” on July 13: http://www.agprofessional.com/news/nu-agencies-lead-project-help-mena-region-respond-drought
Martha Shulski, state climatologist and director of the Nebraska State Climate Office, and Hannah Birge, SNR doctoral student, were featured on the 1011 News on July 19 about their roles representing the University of Nebraska-Lincoln at UArtic Congress 2016 this fall in St. Petersburg, Russia: http://www.1011now.com/content/news/UNL-Researchers-to-Attend-UArctic-Congress-387478621.html
Al Dutcher, associate state climatologist with NSCO, was quoted in the July 19 article “Hot weather a concern for both crops and livestock”: http://www.theindependent.com/news/local/hot-weather-a-concern-for-both-crops-and-livestock/article_2c3e2f08-4e00-11e6-9f7e-73d77c0dd36b.html
The article also ran in the Grand Island Independent.
Mark Svoboda, NDMC climatologist, was quoted in the July 19 blog “Could the Imminent US Heat Wave Trigger a Flash Drought?” about the possibility of flash drought impacting the country because of heat waves: https://simplifiedchinese.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/could-the-imminent-us-heat-wave-trigger-a-flash-drought
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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