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Lower Elkhorn NRD January 2025 Update

02/10/2025
Logan East Rural Water System adopts Memorandums of Understanding to receive, supply clean and safe water NORFOLK, Nebraska - The Logan East Rural Water System (LERWS), established in 1991, is the largest Rural Water System in the state. LERWS works to provide a clean, safe, and reliable source of...Read more

Home of Champion Tree, Lower Loup NRD Encourages Tree Planting

02/04/2025
Loup Lines Volume 46, No. 2 (February 2025) Written by Alan Bartels, Lower Loup NRD Information & Education Coordinator I received some very good news from the Nebraska Forest Service recently. Several months ago, an eastern cottonwood tree growing in the northern portion of the District was...Read more

Eastern Cottonwood at Lower Loup NRD Recreation Area Declared Nebraska Champion Tree

02/04/2025
Century-old Giant Towering Over Pibel Lake is also the new National Champion ORD, Nebraska -- It is official: the Cornhusker State has a new national champion. In the summer of 2024, a surveyor working at Pibel Lake in Wheeler County noticed a very large eastern cottonwood tree. He measured the...Read more

Lower Platte South NRD Welcomes New Directors Jan. 15, 2025

01/17/2025
LINCOLN, Nebraska — At the Lower Platte South Natural Resources District (LPSNRD) Board of Directors meeting Jan. 15, 2025, three new directors were introduced: Chuck Hassebrook, Stephanie Matejka, and Suzanna Mealer. Additionally, new officers were voted on, with the results as follows: Chair, Bob...Read more

Upper Niobrara White NRD Recognizes Outstanding Conservationists at Range Day Event

01/17/2025
CHADRON, Nebraska -- The Upper Niobrara White Natural Resources District (UNWNRD) hosts a Range Day Education Event at Chadron State College annually to provide learning and networking opportunities for landowners, producers, students and agency personnel who are interested in rangeland management...Read more

First Annual Northeast Nebraska Ag Conference Huge Success

01/14/2025
NORFOLK, Nebraska -- Nearly 300 people gathered for the Northeast Nebraska Ag Conference held at the Lifelong Learning Center at Northeast Community College on Dec. 17, 2024. Attendees from Nebraska and surrounding states gathered to hear from a great lineup of speakers. Rick Clark, of Williamsport...Read more

Lower Platte South NRD Backyard Prairie Pollinator Program Opens

01/10/2025
LINCOLN, Nebraska — The Lower Platte South Natural Resources District (LPSNRD) is excited to announce that the Backyard Prairie Pollinator Program will begin accepting applications for the 2025 season on Jan. 13 at 8 AM. This program, available to all landowners within the district, is designed to...Read more

Central Platte NRD Will Hear About New Nutrient Guidelines in UNL’s Latest NebGuide

01/10/2025
GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska – Dr. Richard Ferguson, Professor of Agronomy and Horticulture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), will present the newly released NebGuide: In-Season Nitrogen Management for Irrigated Corn at the Central Platte Natural Resources District’s (CPNRD) upcoming Board of...Read more

Mile Markers Added to Lower Platte South NRD's MoPac Trail

01/06/2025
LINCOLN, Nebraska -- The Great Plains Trails Network (GPTN) advocates for and supports a diverse range of trails across Lancaster County, supporting activities such as cycling, walking, jogging, and horseback riding. Dedicated to ongoing progress, GPTN works to strengthen connections between...Read more

Lower Loup NRD - Reducing Nitrogen Application

12/23/2024
This article is part of Loup Lines (Volume 46, No. 1) originally written by ​Alan Bartels, Lower Loup NRD Information & Education Coordinator. ORD, Nebraska -- Nebraska farmers know a thing or two about doing more with less. Research conducted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2020...Read more

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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

Envirothon Competition Qualifies 14 Teams for State

03/04/2022
LINCOLN, Nebraska – Between Feb. 17 and March 2, Nebraska high school students competed around the state during regional Envirothon competitions demonstrating natural resources knowledge by identifying trees and animal tracks, calculating the number of steers on rangeland, and determining soil...Read more

NRDs Celebrate 50 Years of Natural Resources Partnerships

02/07/2022
LINCOLN, Nebraska – Nebraska’s Natural Resources Districts (NRDs) have worked hand-in-hand with conservation partners to support landowners for 50 years to accomplish the mission of protecting lives, property and the future. NRDs deliver several state and federal programs including many projects...Read more

NRD Legislative Conference Recognizes 50 Years of Natural Resources Policy

01/18/2022
LINCOLN, Nebraska – Nebraska’s Natural Resources Districts will host their annual Legislative Conference to highlight partnerships and recognize 50 years of natural resources policy at the Lincoln Embassy Suites Jan. 25-26, 2022. The two-day conference brings together Natural Resources Districts (...Read more

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