Drought Risk and Adaptation in the Interior (DRAI) Database of Interviews with DOI/Tribal land managers in northwest Colorado, southwest South Dakota, and Wind River Reservation in Wyoming, 2013-2016

The purpose of this study was to understand how the U.S. Department of Interior’s federal land and resource managers and their stakeholders (i.e., NPS, BLM, FWS, BOR, BIA and tribes, among others) are experiencing and dealing with drought in their landscapes. The database is part of the Drought Risk and Adaptation in the Interior project. We conducted in-depth interviews (n=41) with DOI and tribal land managers in three case sites across the north central United States (northwest Colorado, southwest South Dakota, and Wind River Reservation), the goal of which was to develop a better understanding of drought vulnerabilities, risks, and responses in high-risk, multi-jurisdictional landscapes across the Missouri River...

Categories: Data; Tags: Colorado, Data Visualization & Tools, Drought, Drought, Fire and Extreme Weather, Missouri River basin, All tags... North Central CASC, North Central United States, Science Tools For Managers, Social Science, South Dakota, Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, Yampa, climate change, droughts, effects of climate change, environment, human impacts, natural resource management, northwest Colorado, risk assessment, social sciences, southwest South Dakota, Fewer tags