August: Heat and Drought Preparedness

Do you want to build a resilient public garden that is prepared for all hazards? True business resilience means maintaining safe facilities, educating your workforce, investing in supplier relationships, and building community connections. Why? Being prepared can mitigate any hazards you face and decrease your overall costs of disruptions.

Have A Plan

Having a plan in place for variations in the water supply can allow you to respond quickly when disaster may impact your public garden.

How Will Drought Affect Us?

The impacts of drought can vary greatly. Learn more with this Drought Impacts Toolkit.

How Will We Recognize the Next Drought in the Early Stages?

Check out the U.S. Drought Monitor and these monitoring tools to learn more about accessing the extent and severity of drought throughout the United States.

How Can We Protect Ourselves from the Next Drought?

Delve into the Drought Management Database to learn more about what has been implemented in responding to and preparing for drought.

Develop Your Plan

After researching impacts, monitoring, and management options, you will need to develop a plan. This will include how your organization will recognize and respond to drought conditions. Check out the National Drought Mitigation Center’s Planning Processes to help start your plan.

For more information on planning, monitoring, and education efforts check out The National Drought Mitigation Center’s website.