Actions

The Upper Gunnison Drought Plan can be divided into two sections:

• Mitigation Actions
• Response Actions

Mitigation Actions

Mitigation actions are activities that will build long-term resilience to drought, mitigate risks posed by drought, decrease sector vulnerabilities, and reduce the need for response actions.

These are long-term actions that water users, stakeholders, and the public implement to protect themselves from drought and drought impacts. They take place regardless of drought conditions and can take place at any time.

Response Actions

Response actions triggered during specific stages of drought and implemented to address and decrease the severity of impacts of an emerging or ongoing drought.

These are taken only in response to a stage of drought to take immediate protection measures and are temporary actions by nature.