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The LPSNRD board of directors approved the annual schedule for developing the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget and Long Range Implementation Plan (LRIP) at the March board meeting. The budget preparation...
The east access road leading to the boat ramp and parking lot at Wildwood WMA located in Lancaster County will be closed Tuesday, February 28th. The closure is due to tree clearing work within the...
LPSNRD will be hosting a tree workshop March 1st from 9:00 am- Noon at the Lincoln Office, 3125 Portia Street. LPSNRD Forester Jay Seaton will be joined by guest speakers Steve Karloff, Southeast...
Contractors will be beginning a culvert pipe replacement on the MoPac East Trail Monday, February 27. The project, between 148th and 162nd streets, will close the trail for two days. Inclement weather...
Due to inclement weather and road conditions, the Thursday, February 16 Nitrogen Certification Class has been postponed. A later date for the class is to be determined, an announcement will be made...
The LPSNRD Board of Directors approved the procedure and schedule for the selection of a new General Manager at the January board meeting. The timeline is as follows: January 19- Open solicitation of...
The Lower Platte South Natural Resources District (LPSNRD) board of directors approved revisions to the Groundwater Rules and Regulations at the January 18, 2023 meeting. The full redline revisions...
The Lower Platte South Natural Resources District’s (LPSNRD) Cottontail Wildlife Management Area, north of Martell, will be undergoing invasive tree removal as part of a Grassland Restoration Project...
Beginning Monday, November 14, the Salt Creek Levee Trail between West South and West “A” streets on the east side of Salt Creek will be closed for a drainage pipe rehabilitation project. The project...
Gary Hellerich (incumbent) and Jim Schultz advanced to the November General Election ballot in the only LPSNRD subdistrict where there was a primary election on May 10th. Both candidates will run for...
Draft 2 of the Fiscal Year 2023 LPSNRD Budget is available for public review. The district will be taking public comment on the budget at a Public Hearing on August 10th and distict's Board of...
Below normal precipitation is expected in the district during the coming growing season. LPSNRD Water Resources Coordinator Dick Ehrman works with a variety of agencies to assemble our Weather...
We regularly measure water levels in a district-wide network of wells to track groundwater availability. The levels in wells measured this spring, on the average, were slightly lower when compared to...
After more than two-and-a-half years, our Oak Creek Trail is all open! Difficult repairs have been completed in the trail corridor, one mile west of Valparaiso and and the trail has been re-routed...
The Nebraska Legislature created natural resources districts in 1969 and the NRDs began operations in 1972, 50 years ago! The anniversary was commemorated by a Legislative Resolution in January. Watch...
Scheduled LPSNRD Board of Directors and virtual subcommittee meetings are listed below. Zoom links for virtual public access are included if the Board or subcommittee is meeting virtually. A full...