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Lower Platte South NRD Cover Crop Program Application Extended to Oct. 31

10/01/2020
LINCOLN, Nebraska – Crop producers in the Lower Platte South Natural Resources District (LPSNRD) have an extra month to apply for LPSNRD’s Cover Crop cost-sharing program. Cover crops, planted after harvest, capture nutrients, such as nitrogen, from the soil, then recycle and redistribute them...Read more

Lower Elkhorn NRD Officially Declares a District-wide Drought

09/28/2020
NORFOLK, Nebraska – At their September meeting, the Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District (LENRD) Board of Directors voted to officially declare a drought across the district, which is comprised of all or parts of 15 counties in northeast Nebraska. The LENRD Board will continue to meet and...Read more

Lewis & Clark NRD Welcomes Becky Ravenkamp

09/18/2020
HARTINGTON, Nebraska -- The Lewis and Clark NRD has hired Becky Ravenkamp as the Bow Creek Watershed Coordinator to address nonpoint source pollution loads in Bow Creek. When asked what the most important she want the community to know about her she replied, “I hope everyone in the watershed will...Read more

Upper Niobrara White NRD Budget Holds the Line on Property Taxes

09/18/2020
CHADRON, Nebraska -- Upper Niobrara White Natural Resources District (UNWNRD) Board of Directors approved the fiscal year 2020-2021 budget and tax levy Sept. 10, 2020. For the seventh straight year, the tax asking will remain at $627,300.00 with the balance of the income being received from grants...Read more

Lower Platte South NRD Board Establishes Lower Tax Levy

09/17/2020
LINCOLN, Nebraska – The Lower Platte South Natural Resources District (LPSNRD) Board of Directors, after approving a FY 2021 Budget in August, has approved a resolution establishing the amount of needed property taxes for the new budget at the same amount as in FY 2020, $10.1 million. The district’...Read more

Lower Elkhorn NRD Budgets Conservatively Using Less Than ½ of Tax Levy

09/16/2020
NORFOLK, Nebraska – The fiscal year 2021 budget for the Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District (LENRD) reflects projects and programs that will protect our future while fully leveraging local taxpayer dollars as efficiently as possible. “We continue to maximize the use of our local funds by...Read more

Lower Elkhorn NRD New Irrigated Acres Sign Up Begins Oct. 1

09/01/2020
NORFOLK, Nebraska – Landowners within the Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District (LENRD) boundaries, will have an opportunity to apply for new irrigated acres in some portions of the district this fall. The LENRD board voted, at their August meeting, to allow up to 295 acre-feet of new stream...Read more

Sand Selected to Fill Sub-District 5 Vacancy

09/01/2020
BEATRICE, Nebraska -- The Lower Big Blue NRD board of directors appointed Jason Sand of Beatrice as director of Sub-District 5 at the August meeting. He will complete the unexpired term of Ron Wiens who had served for 20 years in that position until his passing in June. This term will expire in...Read more

Lower Platte South NRD Board Holds Line on Taxes in FY 2021 Budget

08/27/2020
LINCOLN, Nebraska – The Lower Platte South Natural Resources District (LPSNRD) Board of Directors has approved a $33.5 million fiscal year 2021 budget. The approval on Aug. 26, followed public hearings on Aug. 19 and other opportunities for public input since June. While the budget increased 5%...Read more

Lewis & Clark NRD Welcomes Hochstein

08/24/2020
The Lewis and Clark Natural Resources (LCNRD) welcomed Kristi Hochstein as the new office technician June 8, 2020. She will work closely with Office Manager Marilyn Schumacher on all aspects of office duties. Hochstein graduated from Hartington High School and has lived in the area all her life...Read more

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