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Lower Elkhorn NRD Conservation Awards Banquet

01/14/2020
NORFOLK, Nebraska -- The Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District (LENRD) board honored outstanding conservationists at their annual awards banquet on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. The event was held at the Stables Event Center in Norfolk. Outstanding Partnership Award LENRD Board Chairman, Gary Loftis...Read more

Awareness Key to Potential Platte River Ice Jam Flooding

01/13/2020
With the cold winter season, we will begin seeing ice formation in the Platte River channels. Colder temperatures in the near term are going to lead to ice formation in the next few weeks. Rivers are running above normal flows this year due to higher precipitation. If enough ice forms, it can jam...Read more

Election for Lower Big Blue NRD Directors

01/13/2020
The Lower Big Blue Natural Resources District (NRD) has seven director positions up for election in 2020. Two director positions are up for election in Subdistrict One and one position from each of the other five subdistricts. The term of office will be four years beginning January 2021, except for...Read more

Central Platte NRD Hosts Water Programs Update Feb. 12

01/07/2020
GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska - The Central Platte Natural Resources District (NRD) is hosting its annual Water Programs Update on groundwater levels, nitrate levels and current research studies. Associate Nebraska State Climatologist Al Dutcher will discuss weather challenges that lie ahead in 2020...Read more

Twin Platte NRD Receives $1.6M Grant for Water Data Program

12/19/2019
NORTH PLATTE, Nebraska – The Twin Platte Natural Resources District (TPNRD) was awarded a $1.6 million grant from the Nebraska Natural Resources Commission for a new Water Data Program. Grant funds were available through the Water Sustainability Fund. The TPNRD’s Water Data Program is a result of...Read more

Upper Niobrara White NRD Partners with Chadron State College for Range Day

12/17/2019
CHADRON, Nebraska -- The Upper Niobrara White Natural Resources District (UNWNRD) will again partner with Chadron State College (CSC) and C.F. Coffee Family Foundation to hold the fifth annual Range Day at the Student Center on the CSC campus Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. “The planning committee has...Read more

Applications Being Accepted for CPNRD-Ron Bishop College Scholarship

12/03/2019
GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska - Applications are being accepted for the CPNRD-Ron Bishop College Scholarship Program from the Central Platte Natural Resources District. Applicants must be a college junior, college senior, or 5th+ year student seeking a natural resources degree. Five (5) scholarships will...Read more

LPSNRD Prepares for Levee Work by Corps

11/26/2019
LINCOLN, Nebraska – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has designated 14 sites along Lincoln’s Salt Creek Levee for emergency repairs, after severe storms last March. The repairs are estimated to cost $12 million and fall under Public Law 84-99, which authorizes the Corps to construct and...Read more

Funding Approved for New Watershed Projects Across Nebraska

11/14/2019
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 13, 2019 – The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced that four Natural Resources Districts received more than $2.5 million in Watershed Flood Prevention and Operations funding. This funding will be directed toward developing watershed plans in the...Read more

Fall Commercial Fertilizer Prohibited in BGMA

10/24/2019
Attention Producers in the Bazile Groundwater Management Area of the Lewis and Clark NRD “Application of fall commercial fertilizer prohibited” With harvest in full swing and preparation for next year’s crop getting underway, the Lewis and Clark Natural Resources District (LCNRD) would like to...Read more

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