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Lower Platte South NRD Discusses Conservation Easement Acquisition from the National Audubon Society

04/19/2024
LINCOLN, Nebraska – The Lower Platte South Natural Resources District (LPSNRD) Board of Directors held their monthly board meeting April 17, 2024, to discuss and consider a number of items including reports from various subcommittees. During the Recreation, Forestry & Wildlife Subcommittee...Read more

Upper Niobrara White NRD to Host 5th Annual Amateur Photo Contest

04/15/2024
CHADRON, Nebraska -- The Upper Niobrara White Natural Resources District (UNWNRD) is hosting the fifth annual amateur photo contest, in search of natural resources related photos from residents within the District encompassing Box Butte, Dawes, Sheridan and Sioux counties. “Our goal is to get the...Read more

Lower Elkhorn NRD Honors Individuals at Annual Conservation Awards Banquet

04/15/2024
NORFOLK, Nebraska -- The Lower Elkhorn NRD (LENRD) honored three area individuals at their annual awards banquet held on Thursday, March 14, 2024. This year, three awards were presented to District residents who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the stewardship of our natural resources...Read more

Central City High School Student to Present Nitrate and Uranium Research to the Central Platte NRD Board

04/12/2024
GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska – Paul Johnson, a Central City High School student, will present his research project titled A Study to Determine Correlation between Nitrates and Uranium in Central Nebraska Rural Wells to the Central Platte Natural Resources District (CPNRD) Board of Directors. The...Read more

Tri-Basin NRD Hosts Prescribed Burn at Lake Seldom

04/10/2024
HOLDREGE, Nebraska – Tri-Basin Natural Resources District along with Pheasants Forever, Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District, City of Holdrege and other volunteers conducted a prescribed burn on April 10, 2024. The affected area is approximately 125 acres of native grasslands at...Read more

Lower Niobrara NRD Helping Measure Air Quality

04/09/2024
BUTTE, Nebraska -- The North Central District Health Department(NCDHD) has teamed up with the Lower Niobrara NRD to launch the Purple Air Monitor within the district. Amy Latzel, NCDHD environmental health coordinator, headed the project bringing air quality monitors to the NCDHD office in O’Neill...Read more

Lower Loup NRD Update on the NRD Conservation Tree Program

04/02/2024
Originally written for Loup Lines by Alan Bartels, Lower Loup NRD Information & Education Coordinator Of the many conservation activities that Nebraska’s Natural Resources Districts are tasked with, tree sales and the planting of trees might be the best known to Nebraska residents. Each spring...Read more

Central Platte NRD has Met Post-1997 Management Goals

04/01/2024
GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska – Jennifer Shellpeper, Water Planning Division Manager with the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources, updated the Central Platte Natural Resources District’s (CPNRD) Board of Directors on Nebraska’s Upper Platte Basin Robust Review on Thursday. The Robust Review includes...Read more

Nebraska’s NRDs Advocate for Conservation Funding in Washington, D.C.

03/28/2024
LINCOLN, Nebraska – Nebraska’s Natural Resources Districts (NRDs) were represented by nearly 50 directors and staff in Washington, D.C., March 18-20, 2024. Nebraska’s NRDs advocate for strengthening tools to preserve and fund natural resources projects, which includes engaging policymakers from the...Read more

Nebraska Cooperative Council Partners with NRDs on Producer Connect

03/22/2024
LINCOLN, Nebraska – Nebraska’s Natural Resources Districts (NRDs) are pleased to announce a new collaboration with Nebraska Cooperative Council on the development of a groundbreaking web and mobile application suite, Producer Connect. Producer Connect is designed to empower agricultural producers...Read more

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Nebraska Natural Resources Districts Take Stand Against EPA Water Rule

12/11/2015
While NARD supports efforts to protect water quality and quantity in Nebraska, and has a proven track record of cooperation with local residents and other agencies to do so, we believe the Final Rule will have the federal government more involved in the daily lives of Nebraskans and will not result...Read more

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