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Central Platte NRD Board to Meet April 24

04/11/2025
GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska – The Central Platte Natural Resources District (CPNRD) Board of Directors will hold their monthly meeting at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, 2025, at the CPNRD office, 215 Kaufman Avenue, Grand Island, Nebraska. AGENDA/ACTION ITEMS Fiscal Year 2025/2026 Budget Requests The...Read more

Lower Loup NRD's Davis Creek Sees Visitors and Improvements

04/07/2025
This article was originally written for LOUP LINES (Volume 46, No. 4) by Lower Loup NRD Information & Education Coordinator Alan Bartels. ORD, Nebraska -- Davis Creek Recreation Area is one of the most popular recreational destinations in Nebraska, and the numbers prove it. In 2024, an...Read more

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

04/07/2025
LINCOLN, Nebraska – Nebraska’s Natural Resources Districts (NRDs) were represented by nearly 50 directors and staff in Washington, D.C., March 31 to April 2, 2025. Nebraska’s NRDs advocate for strengthening tools to preserve and fund natural resources projects, which includes engaging policymakers...Read more

Lower Big Blue NRD Recreation and Wildlife Management Areas Open for the Season

04/04/2025
BEATRICE, Nebraska - Recreation areas managed by the Lower Big Blue NRD will open for the 2025 season on April 1, 2025. Walnut Creek Recreation Area located northeast of Crete, Swanton Wildlife Management Area, located north of Swanton, Willard L. Meyer (Swan Lake) Recreation Area, located east of...Read more

Upper Niobrara White NRD Hosts 6th Annual Amateur Photo Contest

04/02/2025
CHADRON, Nebraska - The Upper Niobrara White Natural Resources District (UNWNRD) is hosting the sixth annual amateur photo contest, in search of natural resources related photos from residents within the district encompassing Box Butte, Dawes, Sheridan and Sioux counties. The goal of the photo...Read more

Lower Elkhorn NRD March Board Meeting Update

04/01/2025
NORFOLK, Nebraska - On Thursday, March 27, 2025, the Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District (LENRD) Board of Directors met for their monthly Board meeting. Aside from monthly reports and an update from the Logan East Rural Water System, Directors also discussed and voted on numerous items...Read more

Federal Funds Greenlight Papio NRD Design of Dam Site & Rec Area

03/31/2025
This article was originally published by the Papio-Missouri River NRD . OMAHA, Nebraska - Federally authorized funding will provide over $90 million for the construction of vital flood mitigation structures throughout the Omaha metro. A portion of the funding will enable the U.S. Army Corps of...Read more

Central Platte NRD Board Appoints Amy Kyes to Represent Subdistrict 9

03/28/2025
GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska –The Central Platte Natural Resources District (CPNRD) Board of Directors has appointed Amy Kyes of Central City to represent Subdistrict 9. The appointment, made during the Board’s monthly meeting on Thursday, will extend through December 2026. The Subdistrict 9 seat became...Read more

Lower Platte South NRD Greenlights Major Infrastructure and Conservation Projects in March Meeting

03/27/2025
LINCOLN, Nebraska — In a stride toward sustainability, infrastructure resilience, and public accessibility, the Lower Platte South Natural Resources District (LPSNRD) Board of Directors has approved a series of impactful action items at its March board meeting. From rehabilitating critical flood...Read more

Lower Platte South NRD Postpones Meeting Due to Weather

03/18/2025
LINCOLN, Nebraska - Notice is hereby given that the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Lower Platte South Natural Resources District that was scheduled on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at 5:30 p.m., has been postponed and rescheduled for Wednesday, March 26, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. at...Read more

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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

As Arbor Day Celebrates 150, NRDs Reflect on 50

04/29/2022
LINCOLN, Nebraska – Along with Lt. Governor Mike Foley and local dignitaries from the Nebraska Forest Service and Arbor Day Foundation, Nebraska’s Natural Resources Districts (NRDs) celebrated their 50th anniversary with the planting of two Red Oaks on the Nebraska state capitol grounds for the...Read more

Omaha’s Concordia Lutheran Qualifies for International NCF-Envirothon

04/28/2022
Nebraska Students’ Natural Resources Knowledge Shines LINCOLN, Nebraska – High schoolers from across Nebraska met in Cozad for the 30th annual Nebraska State Envirothon April 27, 2022. Concordia Lutheran of Omaha took home the championship along with $1,500 and will represent Nebraska at the...Read more

Nebraska’s NRDs Plant 100 Millionth Tree

04/19/2022
LINCOLN, Nebraska – Since their inception in 1972, Nebraska’s Natural Resources Districts (NRDs) have been planting conservation trees and shrubs for windbreaks, erosion control, wildlife habitat and other conservation purposes. This spring, the NRD Conservation Tree Program plants their 100...Read more

Thank a Farmer for Food, Fiber, Fuel, and Our Future

03/21/2022
By John Berge, State Executive Director for USDA’s Farm Service Agency; Robert Lawson, State Conservationist for USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service; and Collin Olsen, Regional Office Director for USDA’s Risk Management Agency LINCOLN, Nebraska – March 22 is National Ag Day, a time for us...Read more

NARD Elects 2022 Officers

03/09/2022
Photo Caption: The 2022 NARD Executive Committee from left, I&E Committee Chair Jim Johnson, Vice President Marty Graff, Secretary-Treasurer Joel Hansen, Past President Jim Eschliman, President Dr. Orval Gigstad and Legislative Chair Jim Meismer. LINCOLN, Nebraska – The voting members of the...Read more

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