Drought monitoring and reporting in Arizona: building a network for drought response

The Arizona Drought Monitoring Technical Committee seeks to engage community members, researchers, natural resource professionals, metals and mining professionals, and agriculture professionals to build a network of stakeholders that will share information about drought impacts in Arizona and tribal communities. This information helps the State of Arizona in drought monitoring and planning efforts in support of Arizona’s Drought Declaration (Executive Order 2007-10). Additionally, the Arizona Drought Monitoring Technical Committee shares drought impacts with the authors of the U.S. Drought Monitor, helping to provide a clearer perspective of how different levels of drought affect the various sectors that depend on Arizona’s natural resources.

Currently, the Arizona Drought Monitoring Technical Committee needs more representatives from all sectors to share their observations of drought. We invite community members, researchers, agricultural and mining professionals, and all other natural resource professionals to attend our workshop to learn about and discuss:

• ways to evaluate, measure, and report drought
• current and projected conditions through winter 2022
• available tools for analyzing and reporting drought