At the monthly Board Meeting held on July 23, the Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District (LENRD) Board of Directors heard monthly reports and voted on numerous water-resources and project related items.
Directors approved updates to the Average Cost Dockets for the Agroforestry, Cover Crop, and Conservation Cost Share programs. Except for tree planting and cover crops, all practices will increase 5% across the board. Costs for tree planting in Fiscal Year ’27 will be based off the actual expenses in FY ‘26.
Four contracts for the NET Vadose Zone Monitoring Project were also accepted by Directors at the meeting.
A public hearing for the Certification of Acres was also held at the meeting. Assistant Manager Curt Becker also provided updates on the Maple Creek and North Fork WFPO Projects. The design phase of the Maple Creek WFPO for Nickerson was approved by NRCS and Becker received approval from the Board to begin the tasks of engineering/construction as well as permit acquisition for the project.
To learn more about the 12 responsibilities of Nebraska’s NRDs and how your local District can work with you and your community to protect your natural resources, visit www.lenrd.org and sign up for our monthly emails. The next board of directors meeting will be August 27, at the LENRD office in Norfolk at 7:30 p.m. and on Facebook Live.
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