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General Manager Mike Murphy, Administrative Assistant Rick Joseph, Watershed Coordinator Chandler Schmidt,Water Programs Coordinator Kyle Temple, Natural Resources Coordinator James Battershaw, Natural Resources Technician Josh Purdy, Natural Resources Technician Travis Reagle.

FSA is still holding signups until August 15, 2025, for the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) to help farmers and ranchers recover from the Plum Creek Wildfire in April 2025. ECP provides financial and technical assistance to repair damaged farmland including debris removal, replacing fences, restoring conservation structures, field windbreaks/shelterbelts, and water sources.

The MNNRD will be accepting applications for up to 3,000 new irrigated acres or equivalent high capacity uses for 2025. Applications will be accepted from August 1, 2025, to August 31, 2025, at the MNNRD Office.

As of the time this release is being written, the weather for race day looks…AMAZING! We should begin the run in temperatures in the low 60s, and the high that day isn’t expected to exceed the low-tomid 70s. There is a chance of rain, though it won’t impact the trail. If things hold we’ll have terrific temps to compliment a fast, flat course!

The MNNRD provides lowcost tree and shrub seedlings to landowners. Cost share assistance, project design, weed barrier, drip irrigation and planting services are all available.

TheMNNRDstaffhavebeganour summer water sample collection. Annually, the MNNRD collects around 450 water samples to test for nitrate contamination.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced she advanced over $18 million in funding for critical Nebraska water infrastructure projects.

Due to the hazard class of the Valentine Mill Pond, deficiencies, potential of dam failure, and flooding, a recent feasibility study was conducted by Hazard Engineering. Through the planning, Hazard Engineering came up with three options:

The construction project on West 4th Street (Highway 83 north) begins Phase 3 work. Phase 2 work, on Highway 83 north, between the intersection of Edna Street and Main Street is nearing completion.

Rick and Kitty VanderWey spent the weekend in Waterloo, IA to celebrate granddaughter Paisley’s birthday with her dad, Brayden Hammer, his girlfriend and her family. Paisley came home with Rick and Kitty to spend the week.