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Strategic Goal 3 <br />Reduce risks from <br />drought and flooding to <br />protect individual and <br />community health <br />and safety. <br />Each year, droughts and floods <br />adversely affect farms, ranches, and <br />communities, and public health and <br />safety. Risks of flooding or drought can be <br />reduced through comprehensive water <br />resources planning. To manage water sup- <br />plies well, people must work together to <br />plan for a watershed as a whole. NRCS <br />watershed planners provide the technical <br />assistance communities need to do this <br />effectively. NRCS also provides emer- <br />gency assistance to reduce threats to life <br />and property in watersheds damaged by <br />severe natural disasters. <br />Indicators of our success in helping <br />prevent damages from floods and drought <br />are the number of watershed protection <br />plans developed and implemented by <br />local communities and the extent of agri- <br />cultural land with practices applied to <br />Center -pivot sprinkler irrigation in Oregon. <br />Fiscal Year 2003 Performance Report 11 <br />