Lincoln (NE) September 20, 2018 – The Lower Platte South Natural Resources District (LPSNRD) Board of Directors has approved an agreement that establishes guidelines for its annual bulk sales of seedling trees and shrubs.  At its meeting Wednesday, the board approved the agreement through September of 2021.  It designates the Nebraska Association of Resources Districts (NARD) as its agent for acquiring the seedlings ordered during the winter and distributed each April.  The agreement also establishes deadlines for pricing and ordering.  Each of Nebraska’s 23 NRDs works through the NARD to administer the seedling sales program and combine orders to keep prices minimal.  Tree and shrub seedling sales within LPSNRD will begin on November first and continue through most of March, with delivery before Arbor Day, in April.  Last season, 350 LPSNRD landowners purchased more than 42,000 seedlings through LPSNRD, the most in many years.

The board also approved a donation of a conservation easement of approximately 114 acres of land by NEBCO.  The conservation easement, on floodway land between 56th and 70th streets, along Salt Creek, in north Lincoln, will be held by the City of Lincoln (if approved) and LPSNRD.  The flood storage capacity of the land will be maintained and other natural resources there will be preserved under the easement.

In other action, the board:

Approved an agreement with Lincoln’s Shadow Pines Townhome Association to furnish 50 percent of the design and engineering costs for a streambank stabilization project on Beal Slough, near 56th Street and Pine Lake Road at a cost not to exceed $11,500.  The agreement comes under LPSNRD’s Community Assistance Program.
Adopted its annual Long Range Implementation Plan for operations through 2023
Approved three applications from landowners for cost-sharing on water quality improvement projects totaling just over $23,000

The LPSNRD Board of Directors typically meets the third Wednesday of each month, at the NRD office, 3125 Portia Street, and meetings are open to the public.  The next monthly meeting is Wednesday, October 17th, starting at 7:00 PM.

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Contact:  Mike Mascoe
                      mmascoe [at] lpsnrd.org