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2018 Lewis & Clark NRD Election
Natural Resources Districts are political subdivisions charged by the Legislature to protect the natural resources of Nebraska. The Lewis and Clark NRD is guided by an eleven member board, representing five subdistricts with one at-large seat. Each elected director serves a four-year term with half of the directors elected every two years. The... Read More
Funds Available to Establish Buffer Strips
The Nebraska Department of Agriculture has funding available through the Nebraska Buffer Strip Program to assist landowners in establishing buffer strips. Buffers provide an area to slow down water from rain events allowing suspended sediment and chemicals to drop out before reaching surface water bodies. Landowners are paid to enroll... Read More
Fall Site Preparation for Conservation Tree & Shrub Planting
If you are planning to establish a new livestock windbreak, farmstead windbreak, wildlife habitat planting, or other conservation tree and/or shrub project next spring, preparation of the planting site this fall is strongly encouraged. “Proper site preparation can make the difference of a new tree planting getting off to a good start or a... Read More
Northeast Area Land Judging Contest Hosted by Lower Elkhorn NRD
A total of 462 Future Farmers of America (FFA) students from northeast Nebraska took their lessons out of the classroom and into the field on October 2, 2018. Students, from 25 schools, participated in the FFA Northeast Area Land Judging Contest which was held near Oakland. The event was hosted by the Oakland-Craig Schools FFA Chapter, the... Read More
Attention Producers in the Bazile Groundwater Management Area of the Lewis and Clark NRD "Application of fall commercial fertilizer prohibited"
With harvest and preparation for next year’s crop getting underway, the Lewis and Clark NRD (District) would like to remind landowners and crop producers in the Bazile Groundwater Management Area (BGMA) that fall commercial fertilizer application is prohibited. Townships regulated by the District include all of Creighton Township, all of... Read More
Bazlie Groundwater Management Area Survey Results
This past spring the Bazile Groundwater Management Area (BGMA) Project conducted a short survey to better understand the perspectives and current practices of those living and/or working within the BGMA.
A summary of the results from the survey can be found below. A full draft report of the survey results is also available. The... Read More
1st Annual Eastern Nebraska Wildland Fire Academy to be held at Ponca State Park
The Nebraska Forest Service has coordinated the Nebraska Wildland Fire Academy for 11 years during April at Fort Robinson State Park. Due to its growing success and growing demand from the Eastern part of Nebraska, the Nebraska Forest Service is happy to announce the first annual Eastern Nebraska Wildland Fire Academy.
Whether... Read More
Wonderful World of Water Program
Upper Elkhorn Natural Resources District (402) 336-3867
The Wonderful World of Water Festival was held September 19 at Gilman Park in Pierce. Fifteen teams of ninth and tenth grade students from 10 schools across Northeast Nebraska descended... Read More
DNR requires all irrigation wells to be registered. Is your well properly registered?
State law requires that all irrigation wells be registered with the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources (DNR). It is important to be certain that your well is not only registered but registered correctly to ensure that it is not determined to be an illegal well. An illegal well is one that has not been registered accurately with the DNR or... Read More
Reminder to Irrigators
If you are planning to expand irrigation to acres that have not been previously irrigated, it is important to check with the LCNRD staff before doing so. As of August 1, 2014 the LCNRD requires well permits for high capacity wells and permits for expanding irrigation to acres that have not been previously irrigated. If the acres proposed for... Read More
Community Assistance to Enhance Natural Resources
The Lewis and Clark NRD sets aside funds each year to assist communities and other public entities in enhancing and protecting natural resources through the Community Assistance Program (CAP). The NRD accepts applications year round and approves requests on a first come first served basis. Any project that will have a positive impact on... Read More
Parking Area and Pedestrian Turn-Around on Gavins Point Dam Meridian Trail Scheduled for Fall Construction
Revisions are planned for the Gavin’s Point Meridian Trail located along the Nebraska side of the Missouri River along Highway 121. The modifications include a parking area for access to the pedestrian and bicycle trail on the west end across from the Dam Fish Shack and a “hammer head” turn around near Murdo’s at Aten NE. The Meridian Trail... Read More
Native Cucumber Vine Growing "Wild"
Native Cucumber Vine Growing “Wild”.
Steve Rasmussen, Nebraska Forest Service District Forester
August 21, 2018
With all the moisture this year some of your trees and shrubs may be getting covered by a long vine with yellowgreenish-white flowers. It might seem like the vine overtakes the... Read More
Cover Crop Program Available with LCNRD
COVER CROP PROGRAM AVAILABLE WITH LCNRD
The Lewis and Clark NRD offers a cost-share program for residents in the three county area of Knox, Cedar, and Dixon. The Cover Crop Program offers an incentive payment of 50% of the cost to establish cover crops to help protect soil resources over the winter months and... Read More
Weed Barrier May Be Choking Your Trees
WEED BARRIER MAY BE CHOKING YOUR TREES
Many landowners who plant windbreaks also apply weed barrier. The black bio-degradable barrier eliminates the need for mechanical or chemical weed control directly between and around the trees. Supplemental water and natural rainfall are held in the soil... Read More
Sign-up by September 1st for LCNRD Cover Crop Program
The Lewis and Clark NRD offers a cost-share program for producers in Knox, Cedar, and Dixon Counties. The Cover Crop Program offers an incentive payment of up to $1,000 per year, for up to 3 years, to encourage the use of cover crops on fields up to 80 acres in size. The purpose of the program is to provide producers the opportunity to work... Read More
Seal Abandoned or Unused Wells
The Lewis and Clark Natural Resources District (LCNRD) provides cost share to seal unused or abandoned irrigation or domestic wells. If you have a well which is no longer serviceable and need to have it permanently taken out of service, the NRD’s cost share program provides up to 75% of the cost to properly seal the well.
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Visit your Lewis & Clark Natural Resources District Recreation Areas
If you are looking for somewhere to go and get some fresh air, enjoy the scenery, and maybe do some bird watching or fishing, visit one of the Lewis and Clark NRD recreation areas and enjoy what Northeast Nebraska has to offer. The recreation areas are home to many species of wildlife, fish, and birds. You can go fishing, go on a hike, have a... Read More
Lewis & Clark NRD Encourages Producers to Use Best Management Practices When Applying Fertilizer
The corn crop is growing quickly, and many farmers are or will be applying fertilizer through chemigation at this critical time. Chemigation is an ideal way to apply the right amount of nitrogen at the right time in the growing season for increased yields. Timely application of nitrogen fertilizer throughout the growing season, not only... Read More
Helicopter to make low-level flights over northern Knox, Cedar, and Dixon Counties
Beginning in July, a helicopter with instruments mounted below, will collect and record geologic measurements to learn more about buried sand and gravel aquifers. The LCNRD has planned the flights with funding from the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources (NDNR) through a Water... Read More
Busy Tree Planting Season for the LCNRD
The Lewis and Clark Natural Resources District (LCNRD) helps meet the demand of landowners to plant trees on their property by offering trees and shrubs for sale each spring. This season nearly 29,500 trees have been planted in Knox, Cedar, and Dixon Counties. Of that number, nearly 7,500 were... Read More
Cost Share Help for Controlling Cedar Trees
Eastern red cedar trees have been growing for the most part unchecked into pastures and hardwood forests in northeast Nebraska for 50+ years and now are considered a nuisance and unwanted. With our management on the landscape and stopping the natural fire sequence that historically burned across the Great Plains prairie, we have given the... Read More
Spring 2018 Well Measuring Results
The static water levels of 30 irrigation wells located throughout the Lewis and Clark Natural Resources District (LCNRD) are measured in the spring and fall each year. Groundwater levels measured this spring indicate that the levels have increased in nearly all of the wells monitored. Of the 30 wells measured, 24 showed increased groundwater... Read More
Smokey Bear visits Learning Tree Preschool Students
On May 1st the Lewis & Clark Natural Resources District (LCNRD) and Nebraska Forest Service celebrated Earth Day and Arbor Day with Learning Tree Preschool in Laurel. Smokey Bear made the trip to Laurel along with Northeast Nebraska District Forester Steve Rasmussen who told the students all about how Smokey protects forests from forest... Read More