Volume 17 Issue 6 June
In our cover story this month, we speak with Jerda Garey Vickers, a Nebraska native who has been heavily involved in educational and civic efforts throughout her entire life. In recent years, she has become interested…
Volume 17 Issue 5 May
In our cover story this month, we focus on the Nebraska Department of Water, Energy, and Environment’s recent adoption of the Aquarius software developed by Aquatic Informatics. Speaking with representatives of the department and of Aquatic Informatics, we outline the challenges the department…
Volume 17 Issue 4 April
In our cover story this month, we talk with Scott Schaneman, the general manager of the North Platte Natural Resources District (NPNRD). Overseeing an area with both groundwater and surface water resources that is home to 26 irrigation districts, NPNRD cooperates with many producers…
Volume 17 Issue 3 March
In our cover interview with Galen Wittrock, the general manager of the South Platte Natural Resources District, we learn how the district and its users are working to preserve, recharge, and prudently use the groundwater that provides 95 percent of the region’s irrigation supply. With flow meters, computer…
Volume 17 Issue 2 February
Our cover story this month provides an opportunity to celebrate the groundbreaking of the permanent replacement of Tunnel No. 2, a century-old irrigation tunnel linking Wyoming’s Goshen Irrigation District (GID) and Nebraska’s Gering–Fort Laramie Irrigation District (GFLID) that…
Volume 17 Issue 1 January
Our cover story this month introduces readers to the Nebraska Cooperative Republican Platte Enhancement Project (NCORPE), a collaborative venture of four natural resources districts aimed at maintaining compliance with the multistate Republican River Compact…
Volume 16 Issue 10 Nov/Dec
n order to better protect water quality and quantity and strengthen long-term resource management, the State of Nebraska has made the bold move of merging two existing departments, the Department of Environment and Energy and the…
Volume 16 Issue 9 October
Nebraska Extension’s Testing Ag Performance Solutions (TAPS) program banks on a powerful yet simple principle: Allowing producers to test out new management methods in a low-risk…
Volume 16 Issue 8 September
Nebraska probably has the densest concentration of center pivots on earth, but it is unusual for those pivots to be irrigating pasture. In our cover story this month, we speak with southwestern Nebraska rancher Jacob Miller, whose pivot-supported…
Volume 16 Issue 7 Jul-Aug
In our cover story this month, we interview Congressman Adrian Smith of Nebraska’s Third Congressional District. A champion for the state’s irrigators, Congressman Smith emphasizes…