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<br />4Colorado Water Resour<:es Resear<:h Institute. <br /> <br />Where to Learn More About Drought <br /> <br />This report in its entirety, with color graphics, can be found at the Colorado Water Resources Research Institute web <br />site: httn:llcwrri.colostate.edu, click on Water in the Balauce Archives. <br /> <br />There are numerous publications on drought assessment, impacts, and mitigation, and on droughts in Colorado and <br />United States history. Below are just a few state agency contacts, publication references, and web sites that are available <br />to provide more information about drought: <br /> <br />A Few Agency and Organization Contacts: <br /> <br />Office of the State Climatologist <br />Colorado Climate Center (CCC) <br />Department of Atmospheric Science <br />Colorado State University <br />Fort Collins, CO 80523-1371 <br />Ph.: (970)491-8545 <br /> <br />Colorado Water Resources Research Institute (CWRRI) <br />410 N University Services Center <br />Fort Collins, CO 80523 <br />Ph: (970)491-6308 <br /> <br />A Few Publications: <br /> <br />Office of Emergency Management (OEM) <br />Water Availability Task Force <br />15075 S. Golden Road <br />Golden, Colorado 8040 1-3979 <br />Ph.: (303)273-1622 <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) <br />Office of Water Conservation <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 721 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Ph: (303) 866-3441 <br /> <br />1999. McKee, Thomas B, Nolan J. Doesken, and John Kleist. Historical Dry and Wet Periods in Colorado, Climatology <br />Report 99-1, Part A: Technical Report, Part B: Appendices, Dept of AlmOS Sci, CSU. Available from CCc. <br />1997. Edwards, Daniel C. and Thomas B. McKee. Characteristics of 20th century drought in the United States at multiple <br />time scales. Climo Report 97-2, Dept of Atmos Sci, CSU, Fort Collins, CO, May. 155 pp. Availahle from CCc. <br />Colorado Drought Response Plan, 1990 revision. Division of Disaster Emergency Services (now the Office of Emergency <br />Management). Available from OEM. <br />Water, Colorado's Precious Resource. Second Edition. Available for $2 each plus postage from: Metro Water Conserva- <br />tion, Inc. ,8739 West Coal Mine Avenue, Littleton, CO 80123, (303) 979-2359 <br />Severe Sustained Drought: Managing the Colorado River System in Times of Water Shortage. The Powell Consortium. <br />Issue No. I, 1995. AvailablefromCWRRI. <br />Colorado's Water, Climate, Supply, and Drought. CWRRI. 1990 Available from CWRRI. <br />Proceedings, Colorado Drought Workshops. Nov. 1977. Sponsored hy CWCB and Colorado Drought Board. Available <br />from CWRRJ <br />1980. Howe, Charles W. Drought.Induced Problems and Responses of Small Towns and Rural Water Entities in Colorado: <br />the 1976-1978 Drought. Available from CWRRI <br /> <br />A complete list of publications available from CWRRI can be found at: http://cwrri.colostate.edu/ <br />A complete list of publications available from CCC can be found at: http://ccc.atmos.colostate.edu/ <br /> <br />A Few Good Web Sites: <br />Colorado Climate Center <br />http://ccc.atmos.colostate.edu/ <br />Colorado Office of Emergency Management <br />http://www.state.co.us/data2loem/oemindex.htm <br />Colorado Water Resources Research Institute <br />http://cwrri.colostate.edu/ <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />http://www.dnr.state.co.us/cwcb/index.asp . <br />. Western Drought Coordination Council <br />http://enso.un!.edu/wdcc <br />Western Regional Climate Center <br />(especially for climate data) . <br />http://ww.wTCc.sage.dri.edu <br /> <br />19 <br /> <br />USDA Drought Information Page <br />http://droughtfsa.usda.gov/ <br />National Weather Service (especially for maps and <br />regional monitoring data on precipitation. tempera- <br />ture. indices, and related information) <br />http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ <br />analysis_monitoring <br />National Drought Mitigation Center (especially good <br />educational materials on drought indices and <br />definitions) <br />http://enso.unl.edu/ndmc/ <br />Natural Resources Conservation Service <br />http://www.co.nrcs.usda.gov/ssps.htm <br />