Living With Drought Publication Library

The Humboldt River Basin: A Chronology of the Humboldt’s Historical Development and Water Resources This document seeks to provide a timely update to the Chronology Series while expanding on contemporary resource management issues. Moreover, as this document aims to clarify, many of these issues are entangled in the Basin’s history of economic expansion, social development, resource extraction, and evolution of water Henzl, E.M., and Singletary, L. 2025, Extension, University of Nevada Reno, SP-25-02
Water Markets of the Walker Basin. Hear from water managers, farmers, Indigenous leaders, and conservation groups who are turning to water markets systems for buying, selling, and leasing water rights - to support more flexible, collaborative, and resilient water use into the future.  De la Cruz Pavas, V., Fitzgerald, K., Singletary, L., and Ilchuk, O. 2025, University of Nevada, Reno Extension AV-25-01
Getting started with climate change planning: understanding and using climate projections More and more communities are planning for climate change, but it can be hard to know where to start. This document answers some common questions about using future climate scenarios from global climate models and provides tips about how to choose climate projections and links to reliable sources of climate projections Kalansky, J., McAfee, S., and Rhodes, K. 2023, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno, FS-23-17
Watering Trees in Hot, Dry Home Landscapes Droughts in the western U.S. are becoming more frequent and severe. They are particularly hard on our trees. Learn how to properly water your landscape trees, lower your monthly water bill and keep you home and landscape cool and livable. Kratsch, H. and Jensen, C. 2023, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno, IP-22-02
A role for water markets in enhancing water security in the western United States?: Lessons from the Walker River Basin. Climate change is increasing water scarcity in many semi-arid snow-fed river basins; competition over water resources challenges water security in the western U.S.; water markets reallocate water via voluntary trading among water right holders; understanding perspectives on water allocation and market design. Koebele, E.A., Singletary, L., Hockaday, S., and Ormerod, K.J. 2022, Water Policy 24(11): 1757–1771
Elasticity of Price Demand for Water for Residential and Commercial Sectors in Nevada This publication reports the findings of several studies conducted in Nevada, that estimate the elasticity of demand for municipal water. We discuss why water utilities rely on representative elasticity measurements and why these measurements can vary. Bowman, A., Lott, C., Meenan, C., Rollins, K., Stoddard, S., and Singletary, L. 2018, Extension I University of Nevada, Reno, SP-18-05
Collaborative Modeling to Assess Drought Resiliency of Snow-Fed River Dependent Communities in the Western United States: A Case Study in the Truckee-Carson River System The research presented here provides measured insight into local water managers’ perceptions of drought resiliency in the Truckee-Carson River System in northwestern Nevada. These findings are reported in the context of the collaborative modeling research design developed for this case study. Singletary, L. and Sterle, K. 2017, Water, 9(2), 99
Developing a Drought Management Plan Foster, S.S. 2016, Cattle Producer’s Handbook, Drought and Other Natural Disasters Section