Winners of the 2020 Creative Story & Photo Contest
Winnersof 2020 Little Blue NRD Creative Story and Picture Contest
2020 Educational Creative Story & Picture Contest
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...
New Election Subdistricts
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.
Watershed Study Request for Qualifications
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...
Fall Water Levels
2019 Fall Static Water Levels are up from the fall of 2018! 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 weighted average rise for Geologic Unit 1 was +2.57, for Geologic Unit 2 the change was a +1.56. This is the 2nd largest fall rise, the District averaged an increase of +3.20 feet from the fall of 1992 to 1993.
Nebraska Buffer Strip Program
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 for enrollment in this program is cropland adjacent to perennial streams, intermittent streams, wetlands or permanent bodies of water or existing buffer strips established after January 1, 1996 along these areas.
Twin Valley Weed Management Area – Tree Programs Announced
The highly successful Eastern Republican and Little Blue Riparian Improvement Project continues ongoing efforts to eradicate invasive species, control vegetation in stream channels, and improve riparian habitat along the Republican and Little Blue Rivers and their tributaries within eight of the Twin Valley Weed Management Area (TVWMA) counties.
LBNRD Staff In The Field
This summer, you may have seen the Little Blue NRD vehicles out and about throughout the district. Ever wonder what they were doing?
Landowners in Big Sandy Watershed Eligible for Water Quality Funding
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service is working with landowners in the Big Sandy watershed to protect water quality. Funds are available to landowners within this watershed through the Water Quality Initiative to install conservation practices that improve water quality. The deadline to sign up for these funds has been extended to July 19. Landowners interested in applying for conservation practice funds should visit their local NRCS office.
Youth Fishing Tournament
The 2019 Little Blue Natural Resources District Youth Fishing Tournament at the Liberty Cove and Lone Star Recreation Areas kicked off Memorial Day Weekend! This tournament is to encourage youth and their families to embrace the outdoors and engage in the sport of fishing. This is a free tournament to all youth age fifteen and under at time of photo submission. No pre-registration is necessary. Thank you to our sponsors – Cabelas & Bass Pro Shops for the wonderful fishing poles!