YORK, NE -- The Upper Big Blue NRD Board of Directors met Thursday, January 16, 2014, at the Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District office to discuss and vote on January's committee actions and reports. During the meeting, Upper Big Blue NRD board members were nominated and votes were cast to fill board positions for 2014 as follows:

Lynn W. Yates of Geneva-CHAIRMAN;

Douglas Bruns of Waco-VICE CHAIRMAN;

Michael D. Nuss of Sutton-SECRETARY;

William "Bill" Stahly of Milford-TREASURER;

Larry K. Moore of Ulysses-NARD (Nebraska Association of Resources Districts) REPRESENTATIVE;

Gary E. Eberle of Bradshaw-NARD (Nebraska Association of Resources Districts) REPRESENTATIVE ALTERNATE.

A week earlier at the January 9th Projects Committee meeting, Upper Big Blue NRD General Manager John Turnbull, administered the Oath of Office to Burch Breazeale III of York who was sworn in as a board member of the Upper Big Blue NRD. Breazeale was appointed from a field of three candidates on December 19, 2013, to fill the unexpired term in Sub-district 8 as a result of Ronda Rich's resignation from the board. Rich could no longer serve as a board member because she and her husband moved to another home outside of Sub-district 8. The Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District (NRD) protects lives, property and the future of this area through a wide-range of stewardship, management and education programs-from flood control to groundwater quality and quantity monitoring, from irrigation management to outdoor recreation and more. Activities and projects of the Upper Big Blue NRD are reviewed and approved by a locally elected board of directors. The Upper Big Blue NRD is one of 23 Natural Resources Districts across the state.