Trees offer numerous benefits to a community, from increasing property values, to decreasing summer temps, to controlling wind and snow in the colder months, to reducing noise and air pollution. That...

By Erinn Wilkins, water resources technician The Upper Big Blue NRD recently finished a five-year study that used our monitoring wells to look at arsenic, selenium, and uranium concentrations within...

Avian enthusiasts are invited to participate an upcoming bird watching event hosted by the Upper Big Blue NRD. This family-friendly event is free and is a great opportunity to see a wetland up close...

In 2017, the Rainwater Basin Joint Venture (RWBJV) worked with a landowner in Hamilton County to implement Variable Rate Irrigation (VRI) on his Wetlands Reserve Easement Program (WREP) enrollment...

The board of directors of the Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District has named Morgan Ekhoff and Jack Allen of Aurora, and Elizabeth Marsh of York, as recipients of Burke Scholarships. Noah Fields...

By Brody Vorderstrasse, Rainwater Basin Joint Venture The Rainwater Basin Region lies south of the Platte River and North of the Republican River from Gosper to Seward County. Historically over 11,000...