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Dealing with Drought- Adapting to a Changing Climate <br />Glenwood Springs, CO, October 16, 2009 <br />Group Synthesis <br />Breakout Discussion # 1 <br />What information, planning strategies, etc. helped, or would have helped, you to <br />better deal with the impacts of the 2000s drought? What were the lessons learned <br />through your experience with the drought? <br />Joe Barsugli's Group <br />➢ Agriculture could benefit by knowing more ahead of time: early warning <br />➢ Cattle and timing <br />➢ 24 month climate forecast would be beneficial <br />➢ Lake Dillon versus Dillon Reservoir <br />➢ 2002 drought boosted public education about drought and water <br />➢ Wildlife management aspect: issue with drought tags for big game, grazing and <br />cattle -> <br />➢ Fisheries; can start executing plans but need to know in advance -> 11 hour <br />agreements in some circumstances <br />➢ Existing drought programs <br />➢ Before and after: understanding of the issues, impacts <br />Nolan Doesken's Group <br />➢ If drought in the 90s, would have been better prepared because need an event <br />to change behavior: 2002 was that event <br />➢ Ski areas did not have snowmaking operations until the 1970s drought <br />Jeff Lukas & Taryn Hutchins - Cabibi's Group <br />➢ Any kind of predictive look /tool /forecast is helpful <br />Christina Alvord's Group <br />➢ The year 2002 is a motivation for change: Representative of how we are doing <br />things now; education and communication of drought conditions is better <br />➢ Who is responsible for putting the information out about drought /water supply <br />conditions? Who should be responsible? Should there be a consolidated effort? <br />Should information be coming from one source to help streamline message? <br />What entity is best suited to handle this task? NIDIS? NOAA? Governor's Office? <br />➢ Earlier drought warning on multiple levels: snowmelt timing, rate of runoff etc. <br />(two week earlier snowmelt makes significant difference for water managers, <br />reservoir storage) <br />➢ Sharing the consequences of drought: IBCC can be valuable in sharing resources. <br />➢ Pre - warning /operations for fire evacuations: weeks in advance? Is it possible? <br />