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Created: July 16, 2021 10:37 PM Minnesota lawns and farm fields are a blend of brown, gold and green as the state’s drought continues. On Friday, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced a drought warning. “It's often quite common to get drought in the state for short periods of time, I think what's maybe unique about it is right now is how widespread it is across the state,” said Randall Doneen, the conservation assistance and regulations section manager within the DNR’s ecological and water resources division. “What we're seeing is large portions are eith...

Water levels in the reservoirs and rivers are low, some days at historically paltry levels, and officials are beginning to worry.

U.S. Geological Survey AUBURN — The current Not-So-Great-Falls on the Androscoggin River make it all-too-obvious that water levels are down this year. Water volume Tuesday was less than a third of what it normally is this time of year, a paltry 2,500 cubic feet per second instead of its norm of nearly 9,000 cubic feet per second. Low as it is, the U.S. Geological Survey said the water level in Auburn was still a bit higher than its record low for May 25. But upstream in both Rumford and in Gorham, New Hampshire, water volumes Tuesday hit record lows for the date, a troubling indication that...

White House Launches Drought Relief Working Group

Vilsack says the group will be co-chaired by the Departments of Agriculture and Interior and will collaborate with Tribes, agriculture producers, landowners, and rural communities