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Drought meeting assesses problems.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-MAR-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Drought meeting assesses problems.(Weather)(The forum looks for ways to head off potential crises caused by a water shortage)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Scott Maben The Register-Guard

SALEM - Even as a downpour pummeled the roof of a Salem Public Library lecture hall and threatened to drown out a couple of speakers, a parade of water users described how Oregon will suffer from drought this year.

Farmers, commercial fishing interests, utility managers, conservation groups and others outlined looming problems and offered suggestions for ways that state and federal agencies could ease the pain.

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., convened the Drought Preparedness Forum to help officials assess how bad it could get, from irrigation shortages to poor conditions for migrating salmon to elevated wildfire danger.

"I think we should ... hope for the...

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