{"id":223013,"date":"2021-04-08T15:50:02","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T20:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=223013"},"modified":"2021-04-08T15:50:02","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T20:50:02","slug":"burgum-declares-statewide-drought-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=223013","title":{"rendered":"Burgum Declares Statewide Drought Disaster"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bismarck\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 \u2013 Gov. Doug Burgum and Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring announced Thursday that the State Water Commission has reactivated the Drought Disaster Livestock Water Supply Project Assistance Program, as the governor declared a statewide drought disaster<\/a> for extremely dry conditions across North Dakota.<\/p>\n

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The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor map released today by the National Drought Mitigation Center shows 70% of North Dakota in extreme drought \u2013 up from 47% last week \u2013 with the remainder of the state in severe or moderate drought.<\/p>\n

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Burgum said, \u201cFor the second time in five years, North Dakota ranchers are facing widespread, extreme drought conditions that threaten their herds and livelihoods.\u00a0 As part of our whole-of-government approach to drought response, today\u2019s action by the State Water Commission provides relief to help livestock producers manage these hardships and invests in infrastructure that allows them to remain resilient against future droughts.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Created in 1991 and last reactivated in 2017, the Drought Disaster Livestock Water Supply Project Assistance Program provides eligible livestock producers with 50 percent cost-share assistance of up to $4,500 per project, with a limit of three projects per applicant. Eligible projects include new water wells, rural water system connections, pipeline extensions, pasture taps and associated works, labor, materials, and equipment rentals to develop new water supply projects.<\/p>\n

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The 2017 program supported more than 500 projects with total cost-share of approximately $1.5 million. Thursday\u2019s unanimous vote by the State Water Commission will utilize the remaining balance of $557,277 from the 2017 program to support this year\u2019s program reactivation. Burgum chairs the commission and Goehring serves as a standing member.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Goehring said, \u201cThe Drought Disaster Livestock Water Supply Project Assistance Program has been invaluable in the past for livestock producers facing water shortages.\u00a0 Reopening the program will again help producers as we navigate this season of drought.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Livestock producers in counties impacted by extreme drought (D3) intensity levels, and adjacent counties, will be eligible for the program. Details are available on the Water Commission\u2019s website at www.swc.nd.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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ELIGIBLE LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS: For more information about the Program, please contact the State Water Commission at 701-328-4989 or swclivestock@nd.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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To view maps showing current burn ban restrictions and fire danger levels, and for information on how to prevent wildfires, visit www.ndresponse.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bismarck\u00a0 (CSi)\u00a0 \u2013 Gov. Doug Burgum and Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring announced Thursday that the State Water Commission has reactivated the Drought Disaster Livestock Water Supply Project Assistance Program, as the governor declared a statewide drought disaster for extremely dry conditions across North Dakota.   The weekly U.S. Drought Monitor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":129011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=223013"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223014,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223013\/revisions\/223014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/129011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=223013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=223013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=223013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}