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The Middle Republican Natural Resources District is responsible
for the protection of the natural resources
and assists landowners in planning, funding,
and applying conservation practices.

Republican River Basin Coalition

About the Coalition: Officially formed in 2007, the Republican River Basin Coalition is a joint entity with membership from the Upper, Middle and Lower Republican Natural Resources Districts. The three groups came together following the Republican River Compact Settlement with Kansas in order to provide a means for funding costs of river flow enhancement projects, as well as to provide the authority, resources, services, studies and facilities needed for the representation of member parties in proceedings by administrative, legislative, executive or judicial bodies concerning or affecting the Natural Resource Districts’ actions, decisions and policies to regulate or manage water to ensure that the state of Nebraska remains in compliance with the Republican River Compact.(Read the Interlocal Cooperation Agreement.) Each member district has representation on the RRBC Board; while the district may have multiple board members, voting is broken down to one vote per NRD.		News and Announcements LB 1094 Creates Method Of Payment For Republican Basin Irrigators 4/03/08 A bill aimed at paying Republican River irrigators who sold water rights in 2007 has received Governor Dave Heineman’s stamp of approval. After passage by the Nebraska Legislature on Monday with a vote of 46-0, the governor signed LB 1094 on Tuesday, April 1. LB 1094 creates an opportunity for the Upper, Middle and Lower Republican Natural Resources Districts REPUBLICAN RIVER COMPACT ADMINISTRATION MEETS IN KANSAS CITY 3/13/08 The Republican River Compact Administration met Tuesday and Wednesday in Kansas City, in an effort to identify issues of dispute between Kansas and Nebraska. Key players from each of the three states were in attendance, including Kansas State Engineer David Barfield, Colorado Department of Natural Resources Director Dick Wolfe and Nebraska Department of Natural Resources Director Ann Bleed.... Click Me NRDS RESPOND TO ADVANCEMENT OF LB 1094 3/13/08 LB 1094, a bill aimed at paying Republican River irrigators who sold water rights in 2007, advanced in the Nebraska Unicameral on Wednesday with a vote of 36-0 – a favorable move for over 300 Republican River Basin irrigators. “I’m pleased that the Legislature agreed that this is an important item,” said Mike Clements, manager of the Lower Republican NRD... Click Me
Current Members:
Dan Smith - Chairman, MRNRD General Manager	Jasper Fanning - Vice Chairman, URNRD General Manager
Nelson Trambly - Treasurer, LRNRD Board Chairman	Bill Bose, LRNRD Board Member
Mike Clements, LRNRD General Manager	Greg Pelster, URNRD Board Chairman
Josh Friesen, MRNRD Board Chairman	Traci J. Witthuhn, Secretary Republican River Basin Coordinator 308.928.2182, twitthuhn'at'lrnrd.org

Meeting Announcments	Meeting Agendas	Meeting Minutes
11:00 AM, December 18, 2007	12-18-07	11-29-07
11:00 AM, December 18, 2007	11-29-07	10-28-07
December Meeting is Cancelled! Public notice is hereby given that the Board of Directors of the Republican River Basin Coalition will meet at the Lower Republican Natural Resources District office, 30 North John Street, in Alma, Nebraska, at 11:00 AM on Tuesday, December 18, 2007. An agenda for the meeting, kept continuously current, is available for public inspection at the Upper Republican Natural Resources District in Imperial, Nebraska; the Middle Republican Natural Resources District in Curtis, Nebraska; and the Lower Republican Natural Resources District in Alma, Nebraska.