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Durango <br />Imtiaz Rangwala's Group: NEED HELP W/ HANDWRITING <br />Impacts from 2002 Drought <br />Localized flooding <br />Impacts to private lands <br />Fisheries <br />Water Quality <br />Water Supplies <br />Not sure what would have helped alleviate /mitigate above impacts <br />Koren Nydick's Group <br />Impacts from the 2002 Drought <br />1. Agriculture & food production: lower yield and therefore socio- economic tensions (i.e. <br />Paonia: Farmers Markets throughout the region) <br />➢ Farmers were not well prepared for the severity of drought <br />➢ Could diversify crops and income streams <br />➢ Increase soil moisture holding capacity <br />➢ There was not a pre - planned response to drought (i.e. decision - making on individual <br />farm basis) <br />2. Hauling water for daily usage because wells went dry: Increased rationing of water for <br />households <br />➢ Before: relied on wells for water & did not know that wells could go dry due to drought <br />➢ Reaction was to become better prepared: bought water rights and made a pond <br />➢ Change in mentality: water is a finite resource <br />➢ Raised questions whether we need more water storage <br />3. Many pinion trees died and changed landscape; change in bird species (lost pinon jays, <br />increased magpies, and morning doves <br />➢ After 2002: diversity species planted on landscape (junipers, elm) <br />)0- Other factors contributed to die -off (air quality, fire management) <br />4. Sense of depression due to low agriculture yields and pinion pine die -off including Navajo <br />Change in mentality <br />➢ Living thru the drought and surviving has helped <br />➢ Better education: more understanding could have helped feeling less fatalistic about the <br />conditions <br />S. White water /recreation industry: lower recreation for boaters and less business <br />➢ Not well prepared but could have diversified businesses <br />6. Increased wildfire reduced recreation and tourism industries <br />➢ Fire mitigation was brought to the forefront of drought in Durango as a result <br />➢ Fire wise education increased <br />➢ Started to embrace fire as natural and important for avoiding catastrophic fire <br />