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NOTICE TO THE
REPUBLICAN RIVER BASIN
NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICTS
OF THE POTENTIAL FOR
WATER SHORT YEAR ADMINISTRATION IN 2009
May 12, 2009
Nebraska Department of Natural Resources
Pursuant to the Lower, Middle & Upper Republican Natural Resources Districts
(“Districts”) and the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources (“Department”)
Integrated Management Plans and associated controls as adopted by the Districts, and as
adopted by the Department; the Department hereby provides notice to the istricts of the
potential for Water Short Year Administration in 2009. Click here for Entire Notice
LINCOLN—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that one of the 55 watershed projects nationwide receiving USDA stimulus funding is in southwest Nebraska, south of Hayes Center. Vilsack said that $2 million dollars is committed to a Blackwood Creek watershed structure. The funds for this project are part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009.
“President Obama is committed to improving water quality, creating more dependable water supplies and decreasing soil erosion. This funding will make a big difference in these rural communities,” said Vilsack. Click Here to Read Entire Article...
By: LORI POTTER, Hub Staff Writer
04/14/2009
Updated 04/15/2009 07:43:13 AM CDT
LINCOLN - Nebraska Department of Natural Resources Director Brian Dunnigan has denied an irrigation district's petition that asked him to re-evaluate whether the Republican Basin is overappropriated.
Dunnigan's order denying the request was signed Monday.
Frenchman-Cambridge Irrigation District officials wanted him to take another look at whether the main stem and tributaries of the Republican River upstream of the Cambridge Diversion Dam are overappropriated. That means water uses exceed water supplies. Click Here For Entire Story...
May 1 Deadline for NRD Summer Camp Scholarships
Curtis – High school students interested in this summer’s natural resources camps have until May 1 to get their scholarship applications in to the Middle Republican NRD. Five scholarships are available, one per county, each in the amount of the camp registration fee.
This year’s pre-approved Range Youth camp is sponsored and organized by the Nebraska section―Range Management Society and is held at the State 4H camp in Halsey. Click here for entire article...
Revised Ground Water Management Area Rules and Regulations
AND
Revised Integrated Management Plan
Available now on line.... Click here
Possible Drought Predicted for Area by Southwest Nebraska Water Conference Presenter
McCook – The Middle Republican NRD hosted its 23rd annual Southwest Nebraska Water Conference last Thursday at the Red Willow County Fair Grounds in McCook. The Con-ference was attended by irrigators, bankers, public agency personnel and University of Nebraska—Lincoln instructors, extension educators and researchers. The conference theme this year was Climate and Irrigation: A Balancing Act. Click Here For Entire Article...
Southwest Area Students Compete as Teams to Answer Questions About Wildlife and the Environment
Curtis – The Southwest High team from Indianola answered more environmental questions correctly in the seven different categories than any of the other seven competing teams on Ash Wednesday at the Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture in Curtis during the 2009 Mid-Plains Envirothon competition. The Mid-Plains Regional Envirothon competition took place alongside the FFA Region XII Skills Contest in Curtis. Eight teams from six area schools participated in this year’s contest. Click here for entire article...
ORDER
BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN THE MIDDLE REPUBLICAN NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS BY REISSUE REVISED STATUTES OF NEBRASKA, SECTIONS 46-701 TO 46-754, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:
- The ground water controls for The Middle Republican Natural Resources District are those rules and regulations contained in Chapters 1 through 5 of the “Rules and Regulations of the Ground Water Management Area”.
- That all rules and regulations pertaining to the administration of the management area are contained within the “Rules and Regulations for the Ground Water Management Area.”
- The Rules and Regulations of the GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT AREA, Effective July 1, 1998 are hereby amended and revised.
- The Rules and Regulations for the Ground Water Management Area as amended, including the ground water controls relative to the Integrated Management Plan are approved and shall become effective March 16, 2009.
Click Here for Entire Notice...
23rd Annual Water Conference Focuses On Climate and Irrigation Strategies
Curtis, NE -- Local irrigators, producers, farm managers, agronomists and bankers are invited to attend the 23rd annual Southwest Nebraska Water Conference being held Thursday, March 5, 2009 at the Red Willow County Fairgrounds Community Building in McCook. Registration will begin at 9:00 AM with the first session starting at 9:30 AM. Click Here for Entire Article..
New Bids accepted through April 1, 2009. See Guidelines and Form Images in Left Panel.
Windbreaks around acreage, farm or ranch homes provide many benefits
LINCOLN---Windbreaks around homes conserve energy, provide snow control, improve working and recreational conditions, enhance wildlife, provide visual screening and dust control, protect livestock, and can increase production of some crop and food products, according to Jim Brandle, Professor of Forestry with the University of NE-Lincoln and co-author of a recently published Extension circular “Windbreaks for Rural Living”. Click ME For Entire Article...
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