Drought is nothing new to the mid-section of North America. Now, however, there is also climate change to consider.
The Center for Great Plains Studies at UNL is offering a symposium on drought and the Great Plains this April. I’ve attended one of their symposiums (2012, on the 150th of things such as the transcontinental railroad, the Homestead Act, etc.), and they are very much an intellectual “high.”
You can find out more about this year’s symposium here: 2014 Symposium: Drought | Center for Great Plains Studies | University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
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