JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Division of Pure Assets (DNR) is creating an up to date drought mitigation and response plan that may assist information future statewide response efforts.
The present plan has been in use since 2002, the division stated in a Friday information launch. The revised plan explores numerous forms of droughts and the totally different impacts they’ll have. The plan additionally describes Missouri’s Drought Response system.
A key element of the up to date plan is an evaluation of Missouri’s drought historical past to estimate potential future impacts.
“Drought can have devastating impacts to Missouri’s atmosphere and economic system, affecting every thing from agriculture to consuming water provides,” Dru Buntin, director of the DNR, stated. “We’re excited to current this up to date Drought Mitigation and Response Plan to the residents of Missouri. How we put together for drought is as necessary as how we reply to it, and this plan represents an acknowledgement of that.”
The division invitations the general public to evaluation the draft plan and supply remark earlier than it’s finalized. The general public remark might be obtainable from Monday, Jan. 9, to Tuesday, Feb. 7. Feedback might be emailed to mowaters@dnr.mo.gov.
