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Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District Board of Directors Approves JEO Consulting Group As Consultant for North Fork Elkhorn River Watershed Plan

08/31/2023
NORFOLK, Nebraska - At the August 24th Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District (LENRD) Board of Directors Meeting, Directors approved JEO Consulting Group (JEO) as the consultant for the North Fork Elkhorn River Watershed Plan/Environmental Document (Watershed Plan). This project is about...Read more

Lower Platte South NRD Approves 2024 Budget

08/17/2023
LINCOLN, Nebraska – The Lower Platte South Natural Resources District (LPSNRD) board of directors has approved a $37.8 million Fiscal Year 2024 Budget. The budget’s property tax request was raised for the first time in four years to $10,514,822, a 3.5% increase from the previous year. The final tax...Read more

Central Platte NRD Board to Set Levy for 2024 Budget

08/17/2023
GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska - The Central Platte Natural Resources District will hold a public hearing at 1:45 p.m. on August 31st to hear comments on the proposed levy for the 2023/2024 FY budget. Lyndon Vogt, General Manager, said with the total requirements for the general fund and sinking fund at $...Read more

NCF-Envirothon Hosted in New Brunswick, Canada

08/02/2023
LINCOLN, Nebraska -- On July 28, 2023, the Massachusetts Envirothon team from Lexington, Massachusetts, was named the champion of the 2023 National Conservation Foundation (NCF)-Envirothon, with teams from Pennsylvania and Ontario coming in second and third place respectively. Nebraska was...Read more

Central Platte NRD Approves 2024 Fiscal Year Budget

08/01/2023
GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska – The Central Platte Natural Resources District’s Board of Directors approved the 2024 budget of expenditures as advertised. Total requirements for the general fund and sinking fund are $34,955,785.23. Based on the balances on hand and estimated revenue the required property...Read more

Lower Platte South NRD Tentatively Approves Draft Budget

07/21/2023
LINCOLN, Nebraska – The Lower Platte South Natural Resources District (LPSNRD) board of directors tentatively approved the second draft of the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget at its monthly meeting Wednesday, July 19th. The revised budget included $8 million in cuts from the first draft that was reviewed...Read more

Central Platte NRD to Hold Public Hearing for 2024 Budget

07/14/2023
GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska – A public hearing is scheduled on Thursday, July 27, 2023, for the Central Platte Natural Resources District’s (CPNRD) 2024 Fiscal budget of expenditures. The hearing will be held at 1:45 p.m. just prior to the CPNRD’s Board of Directors monthly meeting. The total proposed...Read more

Executive Travel Charts Course for Carbon-Free Travel, Plants 111K Trees

07/10/2023
LINCOLN, Nebraska – In a groundbreaking effort to promote sustainability within the travel industry, Lincoln-based Executive Travel has taken the initiative to offset its carbon emissions by planting trees throughout the state. In July 2021, Executive Travel announced its ETGreen initiative with a...Read more

Sentinel Fertigation's Sunset Seminars to Feature Central Platte NRD Producers

07/10/2023
GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska -- Producers are encouraged to attend a Sentinel Fertigation Sunset Seminar in August. Central Platte NRD producers Arnie Hinkson, Wood River, and Don Batie, Lexington, will feature their research sites on Aug. 3 and Aug. 10 as Sentinel Fertigation joins forces with...Read more

Central Platte NRD Board Approves 2024 Draft Budget

07/05/2023
GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska – The Central Platte Natural Resources District’s (CPNRD) Board of Directors approved their 2024 Fiscal budget of expenditures to hold a public hearing at 1:45 p.m. on July 27, 2023, just prior to the Board of Directors July meeting. The total proposed budget is $34.9 million...Read more

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Watershed Projects Bring Nebraska Estimated Benefits of $80 Million a Year

05/02/2018
(Lincoln, NE) In honor of Soil and Water Stewardship Week’s theme “Watersheds, Our Water, Our Home,” the Nebraska Association of Resources Districts (NARD) and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) are celebrating the watershed projects that benefit Nebraska. Through the 900+...Read more

Nebraska Association of Resources Districts Foundation 5K Run Cancelled due to Pending Winter Storm

04/12/2018
(Norfolk, NE) The Nebraska Association of Resources Districts Foundation’s annual 5K Run, 1 Mile Walk and Kids Dash set for Saturday, April 14, 2018 on the Cowboy Trail in Norfolk has been cancelled to the expected snow storm.Read more

5K Community Trail Run Comes to Norfolk

03/23/2018
Local NRD Run Raises Funds for Youth Education in Natural Resources NORFOLK - The Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District (LENRD) is reaching out across the district to help support youth education in natural resources. The LENRD is hosting a 5K Run, 1 Mile Walk and Kids Dash fundraiser at Ta-Ha-...Read more

2018 Southeast Regional Envirothon Results are Released

03/14/2018
Twelve teams competed March 6th, in the 2018 Southeast Regional Envirothon Competition at Southeast Community College-Beatrice Campus. The Envirothon is a natural resources competition for 9th through 12th grade students. The competition consists of seven testing stations, where participants answer...Read more

Central Platte NRD Accepting College Scholarship Applications

10/31/2017
(GRAND ISLAND, NE) - Applications are being accepted for the CPNRD-Ron Bishop College Scholarship Program. Starting this fall, only junior and senior college students are eligible to receive a scholarship. The Central Platte Natural Resources District will provide five college students scholarships...Read more

KIMBALL COUNTY HOSTS 2017 REGIONAL LAND JUDGING

10/12/2017
(Dix, NE) Over 80 high-school students from around the panhandle participated in the 2017 West Regional Land Judging Contest. The event was held north of Dix.Read more

Fix It, Don't Disk It Recommendations from NRCS

10/05/2017
Harvest isn’t just about cutting stalks, it’s about taking stock. According to Britt Weiser, state resource conservationist with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Lincoln, during harvest farmers should study the areas in their fields where erosion is occurring.Read more

Panhandle High School Students Participate in Area I Range Judging Contest

09/22/2017
(Rushville, NE) One-hundred-sixteen (116) high school students from 11 schools across the Nebraska Panhandle competed in the Area I Range Judging contest held at Kirkland and Sheila Budd’s Ranch on Wednesday September 20, 2017.Read more

Natural Resources Districts Recreation Areas/Trails Expect Record-Breaking Crowds for Solar Eclipse Event

08/08/2017
(Nebraska) Several popular Natural Resources District (NRD) recreation areas and hiking/biking trails across Nebraska are expecting record-breaking numbers of campers and other outdoor enthusiasts to come out and watch the solar eclipse on Monday, August 21, 2017. The NRD recreation areas in the...Read more

Natural Resources Districts to Present Wildlife CSI at Nebraska State Fair

08/04/2017
(GRAND ISLAND, NE)- Six of Nebraska’s Natural Resources Districts (NRDs) will present Wildlife CSI in the Sustainability Pavilion at the Nebraska State Fair. Participants will use animal tracking, skull and bone identification, scatology, animal evidence and observation in the natural world. "...Read more

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