"Protecting
Lives - Protecting Property - Protecting the Future"
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...
ALLOCATIONS
FLOWMETERS
TREE PLANTING
BUFFALOGRASS
| No
Till Conference February 22-23, 2012 |
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. We, along with other conservation partners,
are hosting a No-till conference on February 22-23, 2012. The
conference will be held at the Gering Civic Center. If you are
interested in attending or want more information, we will be getting
more information up here soon.
Click here for Agenda
and registration form.
Stay
tuned for more information!
Need
some protection from the wind? Wind breaks make a efficient, beautiful
way to protect your soil and livestock. Place your order now!!
Click
here to download our tree order form. If you have any questions,
Roy and Craig are willing help out! Contact them at (308) 632-2749.
Producers
in the Lisco-Oshkosh-Lewellen (LOL) are required to submit their Groundwater
Management Area Annual Report Form. Click
here to download the form.
Gary
Stone from
the Panhandle Research & Extension Center has a great Power Point
presentation on the history of irrigation and power generation on the
North Platte River. Part
1 Part
2
| Preserving
CRP Grasslands |
Protecting
grassland is a goal of the North Platte Natural Resources District.
In
the next three years over 260,000 acres of Conservation Reserve
Program (CRP) acres will expire. Landowners will then have
a decision to make.
Cost
share funding is available to help keep these grasslands from being
re-farmed. Applications are now being taken for land management
options, including fencing windbreaks, wildlife habitat enhancements.
See Program Information
here or call the NRD or your local USDA-NRCS office.
| Platte
Basin Habitat Enhancement Project |
The
Platte Basin Habitat Enhancement Project (PBHEP) was
established to provide an added solution to help landowners in Nebraska's
Platte River Basin meet the region's water needs, for wildlife
and for the state's valuable agricultural economy.
PBHEP
helps landowners make transitions that can maintain economic health,
while at the same time reduce depletions to the river. This can
be accomplished by taking advantage of a variety of conservation
projects such as easements, acre retirement or other options.
See PBHEP Info and How To Sign Up here.
Know
Your Ground Water Levels - USGS Info
|
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
