Joel R. Brown,¹ Doug Kluck,² Chad McNutt,³ Michael Hayes<sup>4

1</sup>Authors are Rangeland Ecologist, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, Jornada Experimental Range, Las Cruces NM 88003, USA, (Brown) joelbrow@nmsu.edu
²Regional Climate ServicesDirector, Central Region, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Kansas City, MO 64153-2371, USA (Kluck)
³Assistant Program Director, National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, (McNutt)
⁴Director, National Drought Mitigation Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68583-0988 (Hayes).