The Nitrogen Management Program encourages timely, efficient fertilizer use by matching nitrogen rate, placement, and timing to crop needs. Spring and split applications help reduce nitrogen losses by...

The NUE program helps producers use nitrogen fertilizer efficiently by accounting for nitrogen already available in the field. This may include nitrogen from soil organic matter, residual soil...

Encourages improved water-use efficiency in irrigation systems through implementation of USDA NRCS best management practices. This includes the use of soil moisture probes, converting gravity to pivot...

The Pollinator Safety Corners Program provides incentives for landowners to convert small areas of cropland at rural intersections into low-growing grasses and wildflowers. These plantings help...

Our Rain-Ready Landscapes Program is offered to landowners who live within LPSNRD, but outside the corporate limits of Lincoln. LPSNRD will reimburse landowners who implement best management practices...

This study, completed in August of 2020, looks at ways management of the Salt Creek floodplain can be made more effective, utilizing the latest floodplain BMPs and state-of-the-art climate science.

Dwight-Valparaiso-Brainard Special Management Area​ Designated in March 2014, following a well-drilling moratorium, landowner surveys, and public hearings, the Dwight-Valparaiso-Brainard Special...