University of Nebraska researchers will be working over the next couple of years to create a better tool for governments to respond to drought.
A 300-Thousand-dollar federal grant will fund the project.
Lead research Denise Bulling with the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center says they will be working to create a web-based model policymakers throughout the country can use to plan for and respond to drought. . .

Bulling says the tool should help river basin states use data available to them to adapt it to their particular needs.

Buling says the challenge for policymakers is wading through all the data to decide what works and what doesn’t. . .

Bulling says there is a gap between traditional emergency response planning and planning for the long-term impact of drought.