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Central Platte NRD Taking Orders for Conservation Tree and Shrub Seedlings

11/13/2020
GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska – Nebraska has a proud history of planting trees. Nebraska’s 23 Natural Resources Districts (NRDs) help landowners plant more than a million conservation trees each year. Since 1972, the Central Platte NRD has sold more than 3.7 million trees. Conservation trees benefit both...Read more

Free Soil Health Workshop to be Offered

11/06/2020
What drives soil health? What are the costs and benefits of improving your soil? These questions and more will be explored at the upcoming Project GROW Winter Workshop, in York Dec. 3. The third annual Winter Workshop will feature Dr. Jill Clapperton, owner and principal scientist at Rhizoterra,...Read more

Twin Platte NRD Receives nearly $250K Grant

11/05/2020
NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska -- Twin Platte Natural Resources District (TPNRD) received a $249,990 grant from the Nebraska Water Sustainability Fund to help fund the TPNRD Advanced Aquifer Monitoring System. This new system will use 135 sites currently measured for groundwater levels (73 existing...Read more

Lower Elkhorn NRD Invests $1.97M in Randolph Flood Control Project

11/03/2020
RANDOLPH, Nebraska – The City of Randolph will break ground this week on a flood control project that has been in the making for 18 years. The groundbreaking ceremony will be Friday, Nov. 6, at 11 a.m. near the city’s RV parking area, west of Sholes Road and east of Nebraska Street. Representatives...Read more

State Land Judging Competition Challenges Youth in McCool Junction

10/30/2020
LINCOLN, Nebraska – Students and instructors from 32 Nebraska FFA chapters met in McCool Junction to compete in State Land Judging Oct. 28. The Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District (NRD) partnered with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to host the annual competition. To...Read more

Lower Elkhorn NRD Board to Address Groundwater Contamination

10/26/2020
NORFOLK, Nebraska – At their October meeting, the Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District (LENRD) Board of Directors approved a motion to direct staff to begin the formal process for consideration of a Phase 2 Groundwater Management Area in portions of Cuming, Colfax, and Dodge counties for...Read more

Lower Platte South NRD Board Approves Construction, Sets Seedling Prices

10/23/2020
LINCOLN, Nebraska – The Lower Platte South Natural Resources District (LPSNRD) Board of Directors awarded construction contracts for three new projects when it met Oct. 21, 2020. A project to repair a weir on Oak Creek, near 14th Street and Saunders Avenue (Lincoln), is the largest of the three...Read more

Nemaha NRD Hosts Southeast Area Land Judging Near Auburn

10/16/2020
AUBURN, Nebraska – A warm, sunny day greeted the 208 FFA students who competed at the annual Southeast Area Land Judging Contest. Held every fall, the 2020 contest took place on Oct. 7, 2020, east of Auburn, Nebraska. The contest was sponsored by the Nemaha Natural Resources District with...Read more

Lower Big Blue NRD Announces Season's End to Rec Areas

10/15/2020
BEATRIC, Nebraska -- The Lower Big Blue Natural Resources District (NRD) will close recreation areas to vehicle traffic for the season Oct. 26, 2020. Big Indian Recreation Area, located southwest of Wymore; Swanton Wildlife Management Area, located north of Swanton; Walnut Creek Recreation Area,...Read more

Lower Platte North NRD Hosts East Central Land Judging

10/12/2020
PRAGUE, Nebraska – More than 180 students from 11 FFA chapters explored four soil pits near Czechland Lake Recreation Area to compete in the East Central Regional Land Judging contest on Tuesday, Oct. 5. After months of planning and special modifications to accommodate school guidelines and area...Read more

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