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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.

Land Treatment

The Middle Republican NRD rents horizon drills and gopher getters to landowners. Poisoned milo bait is also available to apply with the gopher getter.

Prices:

Horizon Drill* $3.50 per acre plus a $20.00 daily charge.
Gopher Getter * $1.00 per acres plus a $20.00 daily charge.
Poison Milo Bait** $2.26 per pound.

*Drills and gopher getters are available at each county Natural Resources Conservation Service Office in Hayes, Hitchcock, and Red Willow Counties. In Frontier County, contact the Middle Republican NRD office.

**A current certified pesticide applicator card must be presented when buying the gopher bait.

Natural Resources Conservation Service Offices

County Field Office Phone Address
Frontier Curtis 308-367-4130 ext. 3 P.O. Box 47, 106 E 1st.
Hayes Hayes Center 308-286-3297 P.O. Box 37, 603 Tate
Hitchcock Trenton 308-334-5292 P.O. Box 456, E Hwy 34
Lincoln North Platte 308-534-2360 ext. 3 1202 S Cottonwood
Red Willow McCook 308-345-4163 ext. 3
1400 West 5th St.

TerracesThe Middle Republican NRD works closely with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and depends on each county office to assist us in carrying out and implementing our conservation practices.

The following information includes totals for 2002 from the Middle Republican NRD, and is supplied to us by the NRCS office in Curtis.

Progress Reporting Items Totals
General Customers Assisted 1635
Clients Applying A Practice 1105
Conservation Plans Written 51,822
EQIP Applications Received 192
EQIP Contracts Signed 94
EQIP Funds Obligated $747,545.20
Farmstead Windbreaks (Linear Feet) 119,576
Livestock Pipelines (Feet) 92,000
Planned Grazing Systems (Acres)
 24,192
Improved Irrigation Efficiency (Acres) 5597
Acre Inches of Water Saved 32,843
Terraces (Linear Feet) 540,560
Crop Acres Benefited/Treated 12,539
Range Acres Benefited/Treated 8246

(Many thanks to Doug Whisenhunt, NRCS District Conservationist, Curtis, for providing these figures to us.)