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, was up 0.81 in the fall of...
Landowners in Big Sandy Watershed Eligible for Funding to Help Improve Water Quality on Ag Land
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...
Winners of 2020 Poster Contest
Winnersof 2020 Little Blue NRD Poster Contest "Where would we BEE without Pollinators?"
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.