Focus On...Drought 2007 Panelists

During Focus On...Drought 2007, the following experts will take viewer phone calls and questions, explaining the immediate and long-term implications of this extensive and devastating drought.

In-Studio Panelists:

Ryan Boyles, Ph. D.
Director and State Climatologist
State Climate Office of North Carolina

Woody Yonts
Chairman of the N.C. Drought Management Advisory Council
North Carolina Drought Management Committee

Shardul Raval
Fire Staff Forester
North Carolina Division of Forest Resources

Steve Troxler
Commissioner
North Carolina Dept. of Agriculture & Consumer Sciences

Karen Neill
Horticultural Extension Horticultural Agent, Guilford County
North Carolina State University, Dept. of Horticultural Sciences

Available Via Telephone:

Bryan Cave
Director of Surry County Cooperative Extension

Jeff Bradley
Area Agent, Agriculture
Buncombe, Henderson & Transylvania Counties
Cooperative Extension

Lewis Smith
County Extension Director
North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Perquimans County