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Board Approves Property Tax Levy

Thursday, September 15, 2016

The Upper Republican NRD Board on Sept. 13 approved a property tax levy that is the same as last year, $0.55 per $100 of valuation. Since property valuations have slightly risen, imposing the same mill levy will generate $53,462 more than last year. The original proposal wou...

Omaha World Herald Editorial: Republican River negotiations the right way to settle things

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

World Herald editorial Sep 4, 2016 It’s common for states to have major disagreements over rivers they share. But it’s often better to solve conflicts through constructive negotiation instead of waging a court fight that likely fails to settle the matter.Florid...

New Compact Deal Illustrates Cooperation Among States

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

URNRD Gets Preliminary Approval for $300k Grant

Friday, July 1, 2016

The Upper Republican NRD has received preliminary approval for a $300,00 grant that will help the District conserve more water and prepare for periods of drought when water availability is most vital. The District is one of 14 entities nationally and the only in Nebraska to...

NCORPE Operations Cease

Monday, June 13, 2016

Dickens, Neb. – The NCORPE augmentation project in Lincoln County has ceased Republican River Compact compliance operations for the spring of 2016, having prevented an irrigation shutdown on approximately 300,000 acres in the Republican Basin. "An irrigation shutdown...

Court Dismisses Two Lawsuits From Frenchman Cambridge Water Users

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

The Furnas County District Court has dismissed two lawsuits from Frenchman Cambridge Irrigation District water users against the State of Nebraska. The lawsuits alleged, among other things, that the State improperly administered surface water for the purposes of maintaining...

Cost Share Available For Soil Moisture Probes

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Cost Share Available For Soil Moisture Probes IMPERIAL, Neb. – Cost-share funds that pay for two-thirds of the cost of soil moisture probes are available from the Upper Republican NRD.The NRD is now accepting applications from ag producers/landowners in Chase, Dundy a...

Water Issues Important to Area Residents Topic of March 25 Conference

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Imperial, NE – Water-related information important to the livelihoods of area farmers and residents including an overview from the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office of lawsuits from surface water users will be presented on March 25 at a conference in Imperial.The first...

New IMP To Aid Water Users, Compact Compliance

Friday, December 11, 2015

Dec. 2, 2015 URNRD Board Approves New IMPA new Integrated Management Plan (IMP) approved by the Upper Republican NRD Board of Directors may help lessen augmentation pumping and will benefit both groundwater and surface water users.The revised IMP was unanimously approve...

NCORPE Operations Cease, April 2015

Friday, March 27, 2015

Dickens, Neb. – The NCORPE augmentation project in Lincoln County has ceased Republican River Compact compliance operations for 2015, having prevented an irrigation shutdown on approximately 300,000 acres in the Republican Basin in 2014 and 2015.“An irrigation shutdown o...