The Southwest Area Land Judging Contest was held on October 7, 2020, in Gosper County. There were 197 students from 17 area schools participating. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic required changes to the contest. The Land Judging ran longer than usual because of the need to limit mixing between students from different schools and making sure that anything students touched could be either discarded or sanitized. These changes complicated the contest, but it ensured that it would be safe for staff and participants. 

The top team in the competition was from Alma. Teams from Alma, Holdrege, Sumner-Eddyville-Miller (SEM), Southwest and Bertrand-Loomis (Bermis) will go on to compete in the State competition. Congratulations to all the participants and best of luck to the winning teams as they advance to the state competition.

For a complete look at the results, please go to www.nrdnet.org/nebraska-land-judging-soil-evaluation.

The Lower Republican Natural Resources District hereby issues an Order pertaining to the Republican River Basin Wide Plan.  Please click on the files to review the Notice of Order, Order, and Full Basin Wide Plan below.

pdf LRNRD Notice of Order

pdf LRNRD Order

pdf REPUBLICAN RIVER BASIN WIDE PLAN

pdf PRD 2019 Annual Report

Project pdf Fact Sheet

DRAFT of pdf Platte-Republican Diversion Project Feasibility Review

CNPPID Approves Diversion Project with NRDs

NET Story "Proposal Would Divert Platte River Water to the Republican River"

NET Story "Platte-Republican Diversion Proposal Makes Waves In Nebraska"

NCORPE Website    pdf NCORPE Factsheet

Platte link to NCORPE under construction; Republican pumping for compact compliance less in 2017, Kearney Hub

NCORPE officials seeking wind-solar project proposals, Kearney Hub

NCORPE still seeking wind-solar project, Kearney Hub

 https://www.kearneyhub.com/news/local/nebraska-cooperative-republican-platte-enhancement-project-owners-still-considering-wind/article_55ed9bfa-07c4-11ea-868d-7f1c9cdafe8b.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share

Check out this awesome, informative video about the augmentation project south of North Platte

N-CORPE Augmentation Project

DNR Site

Supreme Court Ruling:

Kansas Nebraska Ruling 2-24-2015

Governor Ricketts Press Release

Republican River Compact Admin News Release

Click on the link below to go to the DNR website to look up wells.  At the bottom of the page you can access On-line Options and Information which has forms you may need to change ownership, making a well inactive, modification, etc.

Groundwater Well Registration

Option 1

Click on the link with the compatible excel for your computer and enable editing on the bar at the top.  Choose meter type, type in Field Name and click on Make Field.  At the bottom of the screen is a tab with the Field Name you just entered.  Click on that and it will take you into the calculator sheet. 

  spreadsheet Calculator for Excel 2003                     default Calculator for Excel 2010

Option 2

A link to UNL's Irrigation Meter Calculator:  http://cropwatch.unl.edu/irrigationmetercalculator

Option 3

If you prefer a paper method, you can use this  pdf Printable Formula .

  pdf Employment Application

pdf LRNRD Groundwater Rules and Regulations - Effective 1/1/2018

pdf Lower Republican NRD Calculating Over Use Penalites Rule 6.14 - 7-27-2017

  pdf LRNRD IMP Effective 1-15-16

pdf FY2021 LRNRD Budget

pdf NCORPE Budget FY2021