The NRD staff has had a number of changes in the past few months, including new hires and promotions. Longtime Water Conservationist Dan Leininger retired in the June of 2023 after 19 years with the...

Each year, the Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District selects students to receive the Burke Scholarship, which supports those pursuing careers in natural resources. These scholarships are used for...

By Justin Evertson, Nebraska Forest Service Wherever we can, we should be working to help trees and other landscape plants survive the drought. Of course, when we’re in a drought, water conservation...

The Nebraska Buffer Strip Program pays landowners to establish buffer strips on cropland adjacent to perennial and seasonal streams, ponds and wetlands or existing buffer strips with expiring...

City of Hastings, UBBNRD, and LBNRD to Host Public Event HASTINGS, NE (January 16, 2024) – The City of Hastings, invites the community to attend a public open house as part of its Lake Hastings Water...

While the NRD is generally more concerned with growing trees rather than cutting them down, District Forester Kyle Yrkoski made an exception in 2023. When he heard that the Nebraska capitol building...