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Lower Elkhorn NRD Selects Brian Bruckner as New General Manager

10/02/2023
NORFOLK, Nebraska – At their September 28, 2023, meeting, the Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District (LENRD) Board of Directors voted unanimously to approve a contract with Brian Bruckner to lead the LENRD as General Manager. Bruckner, a native of Northeast Nebraska, holds a Bachelor of Science...Read more

EA Presents Cover Crop Impact Study to Central Platte NRD Board

09/29/2023
GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska – Dan Bigbee, Senior Environmental Scientist at EA Engineering, Science & Technology, presented the results of a cover crop study to the Central Platte NRD’s Board of Directors on Thursday. The Central Platte and Lower Loup NRDs partnered on a study to determine impacts...Read more

Lower Platte South NRD Finalizes Tax Levy

09/22/2023
LINCOLN, Nebraska – The Lower Platte South Natural Resources District (LPSNRD) board of directors met Wednesday and approved the property tax levy for the Fiscal Year 2024. The levy decreased 13% from the previous year and is set at $0.023 per $100 of assessed evaluation. The property tax request...Read more

Central Platte NRD Board to Discuss Prescribed Burn Program

09/15/2023
GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska – The Central Platte Natural Resources District’s (CPNRD) Prescribed Fire Program and pricing for landowners will be a topic of discussion for the CPNRD’s Programs Committee this month. The committee will consider possible changes to the Prescribed Fire Program and take their...Read more

Tri-Basin NRD Board Hire Little as Assistant Manager

09/15/2023
HOLDREGE, Nebraska – Tri-Basin NRD board of directors voted to create an assistant manager position for the District at their September board meeting. The board selected district Water Resources Manager Nolan Little to assume that position, effective October 1. Little started working for the NRD as...Read more

Outdoor Learning Area at the State Fairgrounds to Receive Monitoring Well from Nebraska Well Drillers Association

09/15/2023
GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska – The Outdoor Learning Area at the Nebraska State Fairgrounds will soon receive a monitoring well from the Nebraska Well Drillers Association. The Grand Island Groundwater Guardian Team and Central Platte NRD developed and maintain the Outdoor Learning Area located east of...Read more

Lower Platte South NRD Cover Crop Program Cost-Sharing has Oct. 1 Deadline

09/08/2023
LINCOLN, Nebraska – Crop producers in the Lower Platte South Natural Resources District are again being offered help with establishing cover crops to control erosion and make the soil more productive. Cover crops can provide the added benefit of capturing, recycling, and redistributing nutrients,...Read more

Central Platte NRD Board Sets Levy for 2024 Budget

09/01/2023
GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska – The Central Platte Natural Resources District (CPNRD) held a public hearing on August 31st to receive public comments on the proposed fiscal 2023/2024 levy. With the District’s total assessed valuation at $20,642,169,013, the required 2023/2024 levy was set at 0.02338...Read more

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

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Annual NRD Conference Focuses on Water Quality, New Technology

09/20/2022
Hall of Fame and Conservation Award Winners Recognized for Success LINCOLN, Nebraska – Natural resources stakeholders and subject matter experts will be in Kearney for the annual Nebraska Natural Resources Districts (NRDs) Conference at the Younes Conference Center Sept. 26-27, 2022. The conference...Read more

NRD Hall of Fame Inductees Announced at Husker Harvest Days

09/14/2022
Three individuals honored for conservation work LINCOLN, Nebraska – During Husker Harvest Days this afternoon, Nebraska’s Natural Resources Districts (NRDs) recognized three individuals, who will be inducted into the NRD Hall of Fame later this month. “Nebraska’s Natural Resources Districts’...Read more

Husker Harvest Days includes Free Trees and Water Testing

09/07/2022
Three individuals will be inducted into the NRD Hall of Fame LINCOLN, Nebraska – Questions about trees, erosion, drought or water quality? Stop in to visit with Nebraska’s Natural Resources Districts during Husker Harvest Days Sept. 13-15, 2022. “This is a great opportunity for producers to meet...Read more

Goal of a Million Trees Takes Root

08/16/2022
LINCOLN, Nebraska – More than 51,000 trees of ETGreen’s 1 million goal take root advancing an ecosystem that provides shelter, safety, food, and more to a diverse range of species. In July 2021, Executive Travel, a Lincoln-based travel management company, announced its ETGreen initiative with a...Read more

Connecting Children to Nature

08/10/2022
NRDs play an important role in outdoor learning LINCOLN, Nebraska – Since their inception, Nebraska’s Natural Resources Districts (NRDs) have organized projects and programs to educate both youth and adults about conservation and natural resources. According to the Children and Nature Network, time...Read more

Gov. Ricketts Proclaims July 11-15 as NRD Week

07/11/2022
LINCOLN, Nebraska – With the stroke of a pen and eager applause, Gov. Pete Ricketts proclaims July 11-15, 2022, as NRD Week in Nebraska to celebrate Nebraska’s Natural Resources Districts (NRDs) 50th anniversary. “We are proud to celebrate five decades of protecting, conserving and improving...Read more

Protecting Groundwater Quality a Priority for NRDs

06/20/2022
LINCOLN, Nebraska – Since their inception in 1972, Nebraska’s Natural Resources Districts (NRDs) have been monitoring groundwater quality to protect lives, property and the future. Approximately 85 percent of Nebraskans rely on groundwater as their drinking water source and it is the primary...Read more

NRD Basin Tour Explores Nebraska’s Panhandle

06/08/2022
LINCOLN, Nebraska – Approximately 50 directors and staff from Nebraska’s Natural Resources Districts (NRDs) convened in Scottsbluff for the annual NRD Basin Tour hosted by the South Platte, North Platte and Upper Niobrara White NRDs June 6-7, 2022. “We get far less rain than the rest of state,...Read more

USDA to Provide Approximately $6 Billion to Commodity and Specialty Crop Producers Impacted by 2020 and 2021 Natural Disasters

05/24/2022
Press release from USDA Farm Service Agency Office. WASHINGTON, May 16, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by natural disaster events in 2020 and 2021 will soon begin receiving emergency relief payments totaling...Read more

NRD Legacy Incudes Major Cost-Savings with Flood Infrastructure

05/16/2022
LINCOLN, Nebraska – Since their inception in 1972, Nebraska’s Natural Resources Districts (NRDs) have been building and maintaining flood control structures to protect lives, property and the future. From Gering Valley in the Nebraska Panhandle to Papillion Creek in the Omaha metro, NRDs across the...Read more

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