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Natural Hazards and the Comprehensive Plan: The Hazards Are Already on the Map

natural hazards comprehensive plan — aerial view of rural landscape with storm approaching small town

Part 2 of 5 in our August series on Public Safety and Hazard Mitigation in the Comprehensive Plan. Every community has natural hazards. Not every community has chosen to shape their future to put resilience to hazards front and center. That distinction is at the heart of hazard mitigation and comprehensive planning. Tornadoes, floods, drought, […]

How Dry’s the Water, Mama?

Hearing a lot about drought this year? Through the end of July, 80% of the contiguous United States was considered at least abnormally dry. The National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln compiles the weekly US Drought Monitor, ” a synthesis of multiple indices and impacts, that represents a consensus of federal and academic scientists.” […]

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