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The Drought Learning Network is a peer-to-peer knowledge exchange between climate service providers and resource managers. The main goal of the DLN is to gather and share lessons learned from drought events to improve responses to future droughts.
Register for Native #Resilience's upcoming webinar on February 17th. The webinar will discuss preparing for #snowdrought and #waterstress in #Tribalagriculture. Register here: tinyurl.com/nativeresili...
Join us tomorrow at 2 p.m. MT for our newest Innovations in Rangeland and Livestock Management webinar. Flavie Audoin will discuss using Novajo-Churro sheep and virtual fencing to control buffelgrass. Then, Andrew Cox will discuss the use of virtual fencing in his operation.
Please join us on December 19th at 12 MT for an informative session on current #drought conditions, climate outlooks, and regional #snowpack updates across the Southwest. Register here: tinyurl.com/DLNDec19
Join us December 4th at 2 MT for a look at how #virtualfencing, #remotewatersensors, and a focus on #soilhealth can make #GrazingManagement easier. Jim Armendariz will also talk about funding options that can help cover start-up costs and equipment! Register Here: jornada.nmsu.edu/webinars/web...
Join us September 10th at 10 MT for our latest drought briefing. Dr. Kyle Bocinsky with the Montana Climate Office, will break down #drought conditions and outlook for the #southwest. He will also highlight perspectives and challenges for tribal lands and communities. Register: tinyurl.com/DLNSep25
Big congratulations to our partner Ashley McGuigan on her newly published paper focusing on the connections between #ecology #nutrition and #agroforestry! What an important contribution to furthering global #foodsecurity. Have you read it yet? www.sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S221...
Join us July 23rd at 11:00 am MT for our latest #Drought briefing. Arizona’s State Climatologist will break down current drought conditions and outlook. Then Kelly Smith from the National Drought Mitigation Center will demo the CMOR Tool. Sign up here: bit.ly/droughtbrief...
Every month we will highlight lesson from WATA case studies to help you #savewater on farms and ranches.
This month we are highlighting WATA lessons from #low disturbance tillage and #covercrops for #farming and #ranching. To find the featured case studies, please visit the WATA website: WATA.
Join us May 12th at noon for our latest #Drought briefing. Our presenters from the National Drought Mitigation Center will discuss our current drought conditions and outlook, and the Managing Drought Risk on the Ranch website for #ranchers.
Visit to sign up: dln.swclimatehub.info
We are so excited to share our newly published article for #farmers and #ranchers about planting #alternativecrop to save water and maintain productivity in our region! Click the link to read the full article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Photo of Sorghum courtesy of John Burke/USDA
The New Mexico Healthy Soil Working Group is hosting several free field days this spring! Come join us for peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and hands-on learning. Click the link below to learn more: www.nmhealthysoil.org/field-days/
December 5th is the long-awaited World Soils Day! Celebrate with us by attending the new mini webinar series on tropical soil health. Register below to hear from experts on the unique challenges associated with soil management in Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
Here is the current #Drought status in the Southwest region. NM remains almost entirely in drought and conditions are expected to persist for at least the next several weeks.
#GeoScience 🌎
New Conservation and Adaptation Resources Toolbox (CART) case study: Keyline design uses the natural ridges and contours of land’s topography to slow, spread, and sink rainwater - a strategy to use on rangeland with drought-hardened soils. Ranchers in NM detail their success here: arcg.is/0Orj5C.
#Drought conditions improved in AZ while worsening in HI this past week. The 6-10 day forecast from the NWSCPC shows above normal temps and low precip for the majority of the SW region. 🌎
Drought Monitor: droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.a...
6-10 day forecast:
cpc.ncep.noaa.gov
April Drought Outlook from the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center (NWSCPC) - The southwest should see relief in AZ, but it looks as though #Drought will persist in NM and HI.
More info here: cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/exp...
It's World Water Day! What are you doing to celebrate, raise awareness, or contribute to change?
This week we saw a lot of areas with #Drought improvement in NM and AZ. These same areas are leaning toward cooler and wetter conditions in the National Weather Service Climate Predictin Center's 6-10 day forecast.
More:
droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.a... cpc.ncep.noaa.gov
#geoscience 🌎
#Drought degradation in HI and small areas of improvement in the continental SW region this past week. NM remains deeply in drought, but the 6-10 day forecast shows precip might be on the way.
More info:
droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.a... cpc.ncep.noaa.gov
#geo #geoscience 🌎
Here at the DLN, several teams were created to meet the different needs of the SW region: Monitoring & Impact Reporting, Drought in Agriculture, Indigenous Collaboration, Forests, and Sharing Management Practices. Interested in joining us? Find out more here:
dln.swclimatehub.info/teams
The Arizona Climate Summary for January 2024 is now available. It "includes a narrative of the weather events across the state, graphs and maps including temperature and precipitation, as well as more specific data for Flagstaff, Phoenix and Tucson.
#adapt #geo #geoscience #climate 🌎
"Atmospheric Rivers Turn Around a Dry Start to the Water Year." You can find the 2/15 California-Nevada Drought Status Update here:
#adapt #AcademicSky #geo #geoscience #drought 🌎🧪
The SW saw #drought improvement in NM, AZ, UT, and NV this week. Unfortunately, areas with the worst conditions can expect warm temps and low precip over the next 2 weeks.
Drought Monitor:
droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.a...
Climate outlooks:
www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov
#adapt #geo #geoscience 🌎🧪
Interested in a Tribal Drought Workshop that will cover types of drought, resources, and planning? Register for this event at the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute in Albuquerque, NM, on May 22-23.
#adapt #AcademicSky #geo #geoscience 🌎🧪
Hello Bluesky, we're excited to introduce ourselves. We're here to talk drought in the SW - what have we learned, what can we do better, what are some valuable resources, etc. Connect with us here or learn more about our network at dln.swclimatehub.info
#adapt #geo #geoscience #AcademicSky 🌎🧪