The August 2015 Drought and Impact Summary is now available.

The August 2015 Drought and Impact Summary is now available. Drought in the Western region expanded and intensified in August. Prospects for a “Super-El Niño” raised hopes for an end to the drought, though many scientists and officials warned that an El Niño year is no guarantee of a wet winter, let alone enough precipitation to end a four-year drought. California agriculture managed to have good years in 2013 and 2014 despite the drought, due in large part to groundwater pumping and high-dollar crops, though agricultural jobs were fewer. The populations of many native fish and trees were dwindling. Read the full August 2015 Drought & Impact Summary: http://drought.unl.edu/NewsOutreach/MonthlySummary/August2015DroughtandImpactSummary.aspx Visit the NDMC’s archived monthly reports: http://drought.unl.edu/NewsOutreach/MonthlySummary.aspx Manage your subscription to these updates: http://listserv.unl.edu/signup-anon?LISTNAME=ndmc_update&LOCKTYPE=list Kelly Helm Smith Communications & Planning Specialist National Drought Mitigation Center 820 Hardin Hall University of Nebraska-Lincoln 402-472-3373 Ksmith2@unl.edu