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​New Format for Annual Event

​New Format for Annual Event

Project GROW Winter Workshop to be held Dec. 7

Now in its fifth year, the annual Project GROW Winter Workshop, hosted by the Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District, is going to look a little different this year. Rather than a narrow focus on soil health offered over the better part...Read More

State Land Judging Competition Challenges Youth near Bertrand

State Land Judging Competition Challenges Youth near Bertrand

Hampton, Fullerton, Heartland, Holdrege and Adams Central Students Headed to Nationals in May

LINCOLN, Nebraska – Students and instructors from 39 high schools met at the Bertrand Community Building to compete in State Land Judging Oct. 20. The Tri-Basin Natural Resources District (NRD) partnered with the USDA Natural Resources...Read More

Strolling Through Sutton

Strolling Through Sutton

Pedestrian Bridge Project Complete


A pedestrian improvement in Sutton that has been in progress for three years is finally complete. The bridge over School Creek reopened for use on September 20. The project, which was paid for in part with funds from the Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District, provides...Read More

Plumbing the Depths for Insights

Plumbing the Depths for Insights

Student Research Project Looks at Water Quality in NRD Lake

Blayne Winkler might have looked like just another recreationist as he paddled a kayak across Recharge Lake throughout the summer months of 2021; however, it wasn’t a fishing line he cast over the side of his boat. Instead he lowered collection jars to the bottom of...Read More

Online Water Use Reporting: New Dashboard!

Online Water Use Reporting: New Dashboard!

The Upper Big Blue NRD has updated the online reporting portal. We listened to users’ feedback and have been able to incorporate many of your suggestions into this latest version. Some of the new functionality includes:
  • Being able to use one account to
    • ...Read More

SDI Systems & Chemigation

SDI Systems & Chemigation

Chemigation is an efficient and easy way to put your chemical onto the field. Many producers in the district use this application method to put fertilizer on as the crop needs it and do so by injecting chemical into their pivot systems to get a uniform distribution of the correct concentration of fertilizer. This can be done in a variety of...Read More

Cereal Rye: Cold Hardy Cover Crop, Ideal After Corn & Soybeans

Cereal Rye: Cold Hardy Cover Crop, Ideal After Corn & Soybeans

The hardiest of cereals, rye can be seeded later in the fall than other cover crops and still provide benefits such as significant reduction of nitrate leaching and exceptional weed suppression. Rye is the best cool-season option for absorbing unused soil nitrogen. It has a quick-growing fibrous root system that can take up and hold as much as 100...Read More

‘Doing Our Best to Make Things Better’

‘Doing Our Best to Make Things Better’

Brisk Reflects on 40 Years with the NRD

Nancy Brisk came to the Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District for the job, but she says it’s the people and the mission of the organization that have kept her there for 40 years. “The work we are doing is very important,” she said.
 
And after all these...Read More

​Nitrogen Levels in Groundwater Lead to Increased Management

​Nitrogen Levels in Groundwater Lead to Increased Management

After lively debate, two zones of the Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District are moving from Phase II management to Phase III management as of January 1, 2022. This change is due to elevated median levels of nitrate in the groundwater in these areas. The Upper Big Blue NRD is divided into 12 groundwater quality Management Zones. The median...Read More

​Recreation Areas to End Camping Season October 31

​Recreation Areas to End Camping Season October 31

The Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District will close the RV pads and tent camping sites at Recharge Lake (York) and Pioneer Trails (Aurora) Recreation Areas for the winter season on Sunday, October 31. However, the day use area, outdoor amphitheater, picnic shelters, hiking and biking trails, playground equipment, boat dock, and boat ramp...Read More

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