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Central Platte Natural Resources District Board to Hear Update on Cease and Desist

05/15/2015
The Central Platte Natural Resources District's board of directors will hear an update on the Cease & Desist Order that was issued to Lee and Terry Spradlin of Dawson County at their regularly scheduled meeting on May 28, 2015.Read more

Papio Natural Resources District to Request $10 Million from Offutt Air Force Base to Strengthen and Improve Adjacent Missouri River Levees

05/15/2015
The Board of Directors of the Papio-Missouri River NRD has approved an agreement with Offutt Air Force Base through which the base will be requested to contribute $10 million toward the design, land acquisition, upgrade and reconstruction of the R616/R613 Levee System south of Bellevue, NE. The...Read more

Tri-Basin Natural Resources District, Department of Natural Resources Cooperate with CNPPID to Divert High Platte River Flows

05/15/2015
Recent heavy rains, combined with snowmelt from the Rocky Mountains, are causing high flows and predictions of flooding along the Platte River. Tri-Basin Natural Resources District (NRD) Directors voted during their regular board meeting on May 12 to take advantage of those high flows and hopefully...Read more

New Wilber Dam Protects Town after Record-Breaking Rain and 500-Year Flood

05/12/2015
The Lower Big Blue Natural Resources District has determined a new dam it recently completed is a key contributor in protecting the town of Wilber, Nebraska from record-breaking rains Wednesday night and early Thursday morning of May 6th and 7th.Read more

Flood Prevention Structures Hold Back Water to Protect DeWitt from Additional Flooding

05/12/2015
The Lower Big Blue Natural Resources District reports its 26 flood structures in the drainage area above Dewitt, Nebraska all worked as designed in Wednesday night and Thursday morning's historic rain event last week.Read more

From A to Z, 25 Schools to Attend the Nebraska Children's Groundwater Festival

05/05/2015
The Central Platte Natural Resources District will host the 27th annual Nebraska Children's Groundwater Festival in one week; with schools from Aurora...to... Zion to be in attendance. Twenty-five schools from 18 towns and cities are scheduled to attend the festival in four-hour increments.Read more

Fifth Graders Participate in Water Works Field Day

05/01/2015
Approximately 1,900 fifth graders from Douglas and Sarpy counties will participate in environmental field days with a focus on water. "Water Works 2015" will be held on Tuesday, May 5 and Wednesday, May 6.Read more

Free recycling of Scrap Computer and Electronics Successful in Dakota, Thurston, Burt and Washington Counties

04/23/2015
More than 21 tons of scrap computer and other electronic equipment was collected in Dakota, Thurston, Burt and Washington Counties through an E-Waste recycling effort sponsored by the Papio-Missouri River NRD. Items collected included computers, monitors, televisions, microwaves, copiers, video and...Read more

Boat Ramp and Fishery Work at Red Cedar to Include Fish Salvage

04/23/2015
Any size fish is a keeper beginning May 1st at the Lower Platte South Natural Resources District's (NRD) Red Cedar Lake. The NRD is lowering the lake's water level to construct a new boat ramp and, hopefully, boost the lakes popularity among area fishermen.Read more

Lower Elkhorn NRD promotes Arbor Day with tree sales

04/20/2015
J. Sterling Morton, the founder of Arbor Day, proposed to the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture "to set aside one day to plant trees, both forest and fruit." The State Board of Agriculture accepted this resolution in 1872 and the first "Arbor Day" was celebrated with more than 1 million trees...Read more

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