Rural Communities

Publications

Websites

• Drought can create unmanageable levels of stress for those families directly impacted. This page has links to resources that provide support to families and individuals in crisis - http://cals.arizona.edu/firewise/family.html
  
  
• EDEN Disaster Network - http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/eden/eden
  
  
• Provides a list of Colorado State University consulting resources for ranchers/farmers in crisis
  http://drought.colostate.edu/index.asp?url=families
  
  
• Fact sheet on ranching/farming with family members; includes information on possible stressors, coping strategies, recommendations and practical strategies on working with family members
  http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/consumer/10217.html
  
  
• Talking to Children about Tough Times, such as Natural Disasters - http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extpubs/yf/famsci/fs546w.htm
  
  

• Farm & Ranch Family Tough Times Resource List - http://www.ext.colostate.edu/drought/reslist.html
  
  

Other Resources

• Arizona Department of Water Resources