"Your
Local Voice
for
Natural Resources Management"
The
North Platte NRD is one of 23 Natural
Resources Districts in the state of Nebraska. It covers 3.2
million acres in Scotts Bluff, Morrill, Garden, Banner and southern
Sioux Counties. It is governed by a nine member Board
of Directors and has a Staff of 17
regular employees. Learn more About Us...
North Platte
NRD Fact Sheet
District-wide
Rules & Regulations
ALLOCATIONS
FLOWMETERS
TREE PLANTING
BUFFALOGRASS
| Public
Hearing on Allocation Rules Feb. 18 |
The
North Platte Natural Resources District will hold a public hearing on
Thursday, February 18, 2010, immediately following an information
session beginning at 7:00 p.m. MST, at the NPNRD Conference Room, 100547
Airport Road, Scottsbluff, Nebraska. The purpose of the public
hearing is to take public comment concerning the proposed amendments
to Chapter 6 (Allocation of Ground Water).
See
Public Notice with Summary of changes
See
DRAFT of
Proposed Allocation Rules
| Water
Topics Meetings Feb. 17, 18, 19 |
The
NPNRD and UN-L Panhandle Extension are cooperating to present a series
of informational meetings on current water topics including groundwater
allocations, use of flow meters, water use levels for Water Year 2009
and more efficient water crop use options. Speakers will include NRD
staff, and Extension experts Dr. Gary Hergert, Dean Yonts, and Gary
Stone. The meetings, held from 12:30 to 4:00 p.m. at each location,
are free and open to the public.
Wednesday,
Feb. 17, Oshkosh - City Auditorium
Thursday,
Feb. 18, Bridgeport - Prairie Winds Community Center
Friday,
Feb. 19, Scottsbluff - Panhandle Research & Extension Center
IT'S
TIME to make plans for your conservation tree planting.
Because of production costs, some nurseries are cutting back their inventories
this year, which will affect our supplies and varieties offered. Stop
by the NRD office in Scottsbluff or your local NRCS office to visit
about your tree needs or call Roy or Craig at (308) 632-2749.
NEW
2010 Tree Order Form
See our Conservation Tree page
The
North Platte NRD, South Platte NRD, and Upper Niobrara-White NRD are
working cooperatively to promote no tillage farming practices in the
Nebraska Panhandle, while Panhandle No Till Educator Mark Watson continues
to write his weekly columns "No Till Notes."
For workshop locations/times and archives of all the No Till articles,
see our No Till Notes page here.
Information
on the UN-L Pumpkin Creek No-Till research project
| Fall
2009 Flow Meter Readings |
In
October the
NPNRD staff took fall meter readings on 1,500 meters in the overapproporaiated
area in just 17 days. The collected data is now being compiled to determine
ground water used for Water Year 2009. Fall 2009 Water Use Reports will
be mailed to irrigators soon.
Read
more on our Flow Meters page or contact Jeff Sprock at (308)
632-2749 for assistance with calculating your water use.
With some early fall snowstorms, the snowpack condition in the upper
Platte Basin are much improved. Snowpack conditions are vital to water
supplies here in our district.
View the current
Snow Survey data here.
| Integrated
Management Plans Approved |
The
NPNRD/DNR Integrated Management Plan (IMP) and Overappropriated Basin-wide
IMP have been adopted and are now in effect. These plans include goals,
objectives, regulatory and non-regulatory surface water and ground water
controls/action items for the fully appropriated and overappropriated
portions of the NPNRD. Order No. NPNRD-17 was approved and signed
Aug. 13, 2009 and effective Sept. 14, 2009.
Integrated
Management Plan
Order
No. NPNRD-17
Order
No. NPNRD-18 was approved and signed Sept. 10, 2009 and effective Sept.
11, 2009.
OA
Basin-wide Integrated Mangement Plan
Order
No. NPNRD-18
In
addition to the nearly 600 monitoring wells located throughout the North
Platte NRD, we also use U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) monitoring sites
to collect data for groundwater levels. Of the 21 USGS monitoring well
sites in the state, 15 are located within the NPNRD.
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) page
|
Keep Well Registrations Up To Date |
All water wells must be registered with the Nebraska Department of Natural
Resources. Improperly registered wells can slow the certification
process, disqualify landowners from some programs and are considered
illegal.
State Ground Water Statutes
Ground Water Users Guide
Nebraska
Department of Natural Resources (DNR) website
|
Transfer of Ground Water Information
|
Rules
for the Transfer of Ground Water (Chapter 5) and for the Transfer of
Commingled Water (Rule 5-7.9) went into effect on August 7, 2008. These
rules are for the entire NRD with the exception of Pumpkin Creek Basin
sub-area, where transfers are not allowed. Please take time to read
and understand these rules for the upcoming Water Year. Read
More...
Transfer
of Ground Water Rules & Regulations
Legislative Bill 962, Nebraska's law on the
integrated management of surface water and ground water, became effective
on July 16, 2004. At that time much of the Platte River Basin,
including the North Platte NRD, was declared overappropriated and required
to develop an Integrated Management Plan (IMP).
Integrated
Management Plan (IMP) Page
Nebraska
Department of Natural Resources (DNR) website
