- President Bush Commends U.S. Ocean Action Plan Successes
President George W. Bush praised the successes of U.S. Ocean Action Plan, highlighting NOAA’s achievements in ocean conservation, and heralded the opening of the new Sant Ocean Hall at the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of Natural History.
- Pronounced Reduction in U.S. Drought
NOAA’s latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows improved drought conditions over the Plains and the Midwest, in part due to tropical systems; lingering drought exists for the interior Southeast, south-central Texas, and Calif.