SUMMARY Drought will occur at some time every year in the United States. It can and does extend over long periods and large areas, and it brings hardship. Each time drought occurs, many of the same issues are raised. Pri

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• Physical geography
• National Drought Policy Commission
• Drought
• Emergency management
• National Integrated Drought Information System
• Drought in the United States
• Atmospheric sciences
• Meteorology
• Droughts

funds to start the North Atlantic Regional Study, a framework on which subsequent basin and project justification studies in the North Atlantic region would be based. A month before the August meeting, the President had

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• Water law in the United States
• Water
• Droughts
• Delaware River
• Delaware River Basin Commission
• Interstate compact
• Susquehanna River Basin Commission
• Potomac River
• National Drought Policy Commission
• United States
• Atmospheric sciences
• New York law

(3) review State, local, and tribal laws and programs relating to drought that the Commission finds pertinent; (4) determine what differences exist between the needs of those affected by drought and the Federal laws and

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• Physical geography
• Drought
• Emergency management
• Atmospheric sciences
• Meteorology
• National Drought Policy Commission

drought preparedness needs of tribes, small rural water districts, and small self-supplied water users. Development of an array of coordination strategies to provide support for state, local, and tribal drought planning

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• Physical geography
• National Drought Policy Commission
• Drought
• National Integrated Drought Information System
• Drought Research Initiative
• Atmospheric sciences
• Meteorology
• Droughts

GOAL 4 Maintain a safety net of emergency relief that emphasizes sound stewardship of natural resources and self-help. The Commission recognizes that over time, efforts at drought preparedness, including risk

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• Physical geography
• National Drought Policy Commission
• Emergency management
• Drought
• United States Army Corps of Engineers
• Drought Research Initiative
• Atmospheric sciences
• Droughts
• Meteorology

Appendix B: Information Available from the National Drought Policy Commission The following information is available from the National Drought Policy Commission. You can access the following appendix files as well as the

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• National Drought Policy Commission
• Physical geography
• Drought
• Atmospheric sciences
• Meteorology
• Droughts

CONCLUSIONS From the preceding findings, we drew the following conclusions: The United States would benefit from development of national drought policy with preparedness as its core. Preparedness measures, particularly c

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• Physical geography
• Climatology
• Drought
• Hydrology
• National Drought Policy Commission
• Water security
• Drought in Canada
• Emergency management
• Atmospheric sciences
• Droughts
• Meteorology

(B) the Secretary of the Interior, or the designee of the Secretary; (C) the Secretary of the Army, or the designee of the Secretary; (D) the Secretary of Commerce, or the designee of the Secretary; (E) the Director of t

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times have proved to be no exception. Flexibility was the key to adaptation and relative selfsufficiency in earlier times. When the ability to cope in one place was exceeded, tribes moved, later returning when climate pe

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• Hualapai people
• United States
• Native American tribes in Arizona
• National Drought Policy Commission
• Tribe

they may qualify for or how to access the programs. We also heard that the delivery time for assistance in many cases is unsatisfactory, partly because there is little coordination of programs. The Western Drought Coordi

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• Water conservation
• Environment
• Sustainability
• National Drought Policy Commission