Happy 45th Anniversary to Nebraska's Natural Resources Districts! Click on the picture to watch our video celebrating some of the best things our NRDs have accomplished over the years.
History: In 1969, NRD legislation was signed into law. Pictured signing the bill to create the NRDs in Nebraska are past Nebraska Governor Norbert Tiemann, center, and those instrumental in the bill’s passage; from left: Harold Siek, Herman Link, Chet Ellis, Senator Maurice Kremer, Governor Tiemann, Warren Patefield, Milton Fricke, and Warren Fairchild.
The Nebraska Legislature enacted laws in 1972 to combine 154 special purpose entities into Natural Resources Districts. On July 1, 1972, the Natural Resources Districts officially came into existence.
The Natural Resources Districts have developed dozens of fun and family-friendly recreation areas across Nebraska. Want to know where to go? Click the picture to find out more.
Please consider donating to the NARD Foundation. Click on this picture to watch a video on what educational youth natural resources programs the foundation helps support and why it's vital to Nebraska's future to continue. Call the Nebraska Association of Resources Districts at 402-471-7670 to donate.
Use our interactive map to find the NRD in your area.
Lincoln (NE) July 20, 2017 – The Lower Platte South Natural Resources District Board of Directors has tentatively approved a budget for its 2018 fiscal year (July 1 – June 30). The balanced budget of revenues and expenditures totals $25,620,085, or about $470,000 less than the Fiscal Year 2017...Read more
(GRAND ISLAND, NE)- Growers will learn how to outfit and implement high tech sensors at the August 16th Project SENSE update in Chapman, NE. Project SENSE (Sensors for Efficient Nitrogen Use and Stewardship of the Environment) is a pilot program that focuses on improving the efficiency of nitrogen...Read more
(Alma, NE) The Lower Republican Natural Resources District (NRD) is pleased to announce the board of directors has hired Todd Siel of Franklin, NE as the new general manager. Siel will begin on August 1st, 2017. "I'm excited for the opportunity to make an impact with the LRNRD and believe this to...Read more
