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Turkey Creek Producers Eligible for Cost-Share Funding

06/22/2022
The Lower Big Blue NRD, in partnership with NRCS, NDEE and Nebraska Extension would like to notify landowners in Turkey Creek Watershed that applications for conservation work are now being accepted. Turkey Creek is one of two priority watersheds through the National Water Quality Initiative. The...Read more

Protecting Groundwater Quality a Priority for NRDs

06/20/2022
LINCOLN, Nebraska – Since their inception in 1972, Nebraska’s Natural Resources Districts (NRDs) have been monitoring groundwater quality to protect lives, property and the future. Approximately 85 percent of Nebraskans rely on groundwater as their drinking water source and it is the primary...Read more

Central Platte NRD Water Committees to Discuss Proposed Water Management Plan

06/17/2022
GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska – The Central Platte Natural Resources District’s Water Utilization and Water Quality committees will discuss the proposed updates to the NRD’s Ground Water Management Plan at their July meeting as presented by Jim Schneider, Olsson Engineering of Lincoln, at the May Board...Read more

Lower Platte South NRD Initial Draft Budget Reviewed

06/17/2022
LINCOLN, Nebraska – The first draft of the Lower Platte South Natural Resources District’s (LPSNRD) Fiscal Year 2023 Budget emphasizes flood control, water quality, stream stability projects, and continuation of repairing aging infrastructure. The LPSNRD Board of Directors reviewed the budget draft...Read more

Lower Elkhorn NRD: Efficient Irrigation Management Can Help Reduce Nutrient Leaching

06/13/2022
NORFOLK, Nebraska – Irrigation and nutrient management tools can be used to improve yields, conserve energy and water, and reduce nutrient leaching to protect our groundwater. “One way to improve irrigation efficiency is to implement soil moisture sensor technology into your operation,” said Curt...Read more

Lower Platte South NRD Provides Public, Board Initial Budget Review; Comments Welcome

06/09/2022
LINCOLN, Nebraska – The Lower Platte South Natural Resources District (LPSNRD) Board of Directors and members of the public who attend will be briefed on the initial draft of the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget, when the board meets Wednesday, June 15, starting one hour earlier than usual, at 6:00 PM, at...Read more

Lower Platte South NRD to Host Family Outdoor Evening at Wildwood

06/09/2022
LINCOLN, Nebraska – The Lower Platte South Natural Resources District (LPSNRD) is inviting the public to help celebrate a milestone anniversary at its Wildwood Lake on June 23, 2022. LPSNRD has been serving the district, which includes most of Lancaster and Cass counties and parts of Butler,...Read more

Lower Big Blue NRD Announces Cost Share for Turkey Creek Producers

06/02/2022
The Lower Big Blue NRD, in partnership with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy and Nebraska Extension are looking for involvement from producers with land in the Turkey Creek watershed. The Turkey Creek National Water Quality Initiative (NWQI)...Read more

Central Platte NRD Get Update on Groundwater Management Plan Rewrite

05/27/2022
GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska – Jim Schneider, Olsson Engineering of Lincoln, gave an update to the Central Platte Natural Resources District’s (CPNRD) Board of Directors on the rewrite of the NRD’s Groundwater Management Plan on May 26, 2022. In 2019, Olsson was selected to rewrite the Plan and...Read more

Lower Elkhorn NRD: Irrigation management can provide better quantity and quality groundwater

05/26/2022
NORFOLK, Nebraska – Farming is a gamble - risks are taken, markets fluctuate, storms and droughts occur. Some things are just out of our control. But what producers do have control over, are the decisions they make about the conservation and protection of our groundwater resource. Crystal Powers,...Read more

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