Join us September 10th at 10 MT for our latest drought briefing. Dr. Kyle Bocinsky with the Montana Climate Office, will break down #drought conditions and outlook for the #southwest. He will also highlight perspectives and challenges for tribal lands and communities. Register: tinyurl.com/DLNSep25

Big congratulations to our partner Ashley McGuigan on her newly published paper focusing on the connections between #ecology #nutrition and #agroforestry! What an important contribution to furthering global #foodsecurity. Have you read it yet? www.sciencedirect.com/.../pii/S221...

Join us July 23rd at 11:00 am MT for our latest #Drought briefing. Arizona’s State Climatologist will break down current drought conditions and outlook. Then Kelly Smith from the National Drought Mitigation Center will demo the CMOR Tool. Sign up here: bit.ly/droughtbrief...

Every month we will highlight lesson from WATA case studies to help you #savewater on farms and ranches.

This month we are highlighting WATA lessons from #low disturbance tillage and #covercrops for #farming and #ranching. To find the featured case studies, please visit the WATA website: WATA.

Join us May 12th at noon for our latest #Drought briefing. Our presenters from the National Drought Mitigation Center will discuss our current drought conditions and outlook, and the Managing Drought Risk on the Ranch website for #ranchers.
Visit to sign up: dln.swclimatehub.info

We are so excited to share our newly published article for #farmers and #ranchers about planting #alternativecrop to save water and maintain productivity in our region! Click the link to read the full article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Photo of Sorghum courtesy of John Burke/USDA

The New Mexico Healthy Soil Working Group is hosting several free field days this spring! Come join us for peer-to-peer knowledge sharing and hands-on learning. Click the link below to learn more: www.nmhealthysoil.org/field-days/

December 5th is the long-awaited World Soils Day! Celebrate with us by attending the new mini webinar series on tropical soil health. Register below to hear from experts on the unique challenges associated with soil management in Hawaii and Puerto Rico.

Here is the current #Drought status in the Southwest region. NM remains almost entirely in drought and conditions are expected to persist for at least the next several weeks.

#GeoScience 🌎

#Drought conditions improved in AZ while worsening in HI this past week. The 6-10 day forecast from the NWSCPC shows above normal temps and low precip for the majority of the SW region. 🌎
Drought Monitor: droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.a...
6-10 day forecast:
cpc.ncep.noaa.gov

April Drought Outlook from the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center (NWSCPC) - The southwest should see relief in AZ, but it looks as though #Drought will persist in NM and HI.
More info here: cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/exp...

This week we saw a lot of areas with #Drought improvement in NM and AZ. These same areas are leaning toward cooler and wetter conditions in the National Weather Service Climate Predictin Center's 6-10 day forecast.
More:
droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.a... cpc.ncep.noaa.gov

#geoscience 🌎

#Drought degradation in HI and small areas of improvement in the continental SW region this past week. NM remains deeply in drought, but the 6-10 day forecast shows precip might be on the way.
More info:
droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.a... cpc.ncep.noaa.gov

#geo #geoscience 🌎

The SW saw #drought improvement in NM, AZ, UT, and NV this week. Unfortunately, areas with the worst conditions can expect warm temps and low precip over the next 2 weeks.
Drought Monitor:
droughtmonitor.unl.edu/CurrentMap.a...
Climate outlooks:
www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov

#adapt #geo #geoscience 🌎🧪

Interested in a Tribal Drought Workshop that will cover types of drought, resources, and planning? Register for this event at the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute in Albuquerque, NM, on May 22-23.
#adapt #AcademicSky #geo #geoscience 🌎🧪