by Little Blue | Jan 14, 2022 | News
The Little Blue Natural Resources District is in search of persons interested in serving as a local conservation policy maker on the district’s Board of Directors. Sub-district # 3 includes the north-central and northeastern portions of Hastings and is...
by Little Blue | Jan 7, 2022 | All Board Meetings, News, Regular Meetings
The Little Blue NRD Board of Directors meeting starts at 7:00 pm, January 11th, 2022 in Davenport, Nebraska at the headquarters Board Meeting Room located on the south side of the building, east door. Little Blue Natural Resources District is an Equal Opportunity...
by Little Blue | Dec 8, 2021 | All Board Meetings, News, Regular Meetings
The Little Blue NRD Board of Directors meeting starts at 7:00 pm, December 14th, 2021 in Davenport, Nebraska at the headquarters Board Meeting Room located on the south side of the building, east door. Little Blue Natural Resources District is an Equal Opportunity...
by Little Blue | Nov 1, 2021 | All Board Meetings, News, Regular Meetings
The Little Blue NRD Board of Directors meeting starts at 7:00 pm, November 9th, 2021 in Davenport, Nebraska at the headquarters Board Meeting Room located on the south side of the building, east door.Little Blue Natural Resources District is an Equal Opportunity...
by Little Blue | Oct 25, 2021 | News, Uncategorized
The Little Blue Natural Resources District (LBNRD) took 325 water samples from irrigation wells this past summer.If one of your wells was one that was tested, you received a postcard from us telling you your well’s nitrate result and how to figure out the nitrogen...
by Little Blue | Oct 25, 2021 | News, Uncategorized
The Little Blue NRD Board of Directors approved the FY 2022 budget of $4,168,252 with a tax levy of .020879 at their September 14th meeting. Included in this budget is the Rural Water Project North budget of $286,004, and the Rural Water Project South budget of...
by Little Blue | Aug 11, 2021 | News, Water Management
Spring 2021 Water Levels Spring water levels were completed this month. Geologic Area 1 was up 0.49 feet, Geologic Area 2 up 0.28 feet. Area 1 was up 0.44 last fall and that carried through to this spring; Area 2, the paleo-valley aquifer from Chester to Fairbury,...
by Little Blue | Apr 21, 2021 | Groundwater Management, News, Water Management
HEBRON, Neb., April 20, 2021 – The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is working with landowners in the Big Sandy watershed to protect water quality. Funds are available to landowners within this watershed through the National Water Quality Initiative...
by Little Blue | Nov 20, 2020 | Awards, I & E, News, Uncategorized
Winners of 2020 Little Blue NRD Poster Contest “Where would we BEE without Pollinators?” 2-3 Grade, Olivia Whitten, Silver Lake Elementary School 7-9 Grade, Jordan LeFave, Deshler Lutheran School 4-6 Grade, Miranda Haney, Deshler Lutheran...
by Little Blue | Jul 14, 2020 | Awards, I & E, News, Uncategorized
Winners of 2020 Little Blue NRD Creative Story and Picture Contest PreKindergarten- Kree of Lawrence-Nelson 1st Grade- Devin of Central Elementary School 4th Grade- Dean of Deshler Lutheran School 6th Grade- Mylee of Hastings Middle School Kindergarten-MaKayla...
by Little Blue | Apr 22, 2020 | I & E, News, Uncategorized, Youth Education
The Little Blue NRD is having an educational creative story and picture contest this year as our Arbor Day presentations have been cancelled due to COVID-19. We hope the elementary-aged students of our district can still learn about trees and the importance they have...
by Little Blue | Dec 2, 2019 | News
These maps below will be the Little Blue NRD’s new subdistricts for the upcoming 2020 election. If you are considering running for the board of directors, please refer to these maps to determine in which subdistrict you reside.
by Little Blue | Nov 26, 2019 | News
The Little Blue Natural Resources District invites you to submit qualifications for the professional engineering services related to the survey and conceptual design for potential projects to reduce flooding near Kenesaw, Nebraska. The study area just north of Kenesaw...
by Little Blue | Oct 3, 2019 | News
Last year the fall colored water level map had changes that ranged from declines shown in red, and rises shown in blue. This fall there was difficulty finding enough differing shades of blue to depict the water table rises across the district! On the change map the...
by Little Blue | Sep 11, 2019 | News
Croplands adjacent to perennial and seasonal streams, ponds and wetlands can be enrolled in the buffer strip program. This program is designed to filter agrichemicals such as fertilizer and pesticides before they enter surface and groundwater supplies. Land eligible...
