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Husker Harvest Days- Grand Island
September 14-16

NRDs Annual Conference
September 26-28, 2010
Holiday Inn - Kearney
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On-Line Reg coming soon
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NRDs Legislative Conference 
January 25-26, 2011
Embassy Suites, Lincoln

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Flood Control

StructureAs long as rain falls and snow melts, floods will occur. Natural Resources Districts will work with landowners and other agencies to minimize the damages that floods cause.

From Gering Valley in the Nebraska Panhandle to Papio Creek in the Omaha metropolitan area, Districts employ a watershed protection approach. With flood plain management measures the NRDs design and build dams, levees, dikes, drainage ditches and other structures to keep flood waters from taking lives or damaging crops, buildings and roads.

Often, flood control projects provide an avenue for recreational opportunities. Trails can be found along waterways or atop levees. Flood control reservoirs offer great sites for land and water recreation.

Districts also aid communities in planning flood control and mitigation projects, bringing many interested agencies to work together toward a common goal.