Volume 16 Issue 2 February

In this month’s cover story, we speak with Judy Ridenour, who has been recognized—for the second time—as the natural resources district system’s director of the year. With 50 years of experience ranching in the Sandhills…
Volume 16 Issue 1 January NE

Over the course of his rich career, Lee Orton has been involved in a wide array of Nebraska irrigation and water organizations, including the natural resources district system, the Nebraska Association of Resources…
Volume 15 Issue 10 Nov-Dec NE

Most of our Nebraska readers will know about the Nebraska LEAD program; fewer may know that it has a new leader. My friend Terry Hejny has retired after many productive years at the helm, and he has…
Volume 15 Issue 9 October NE

This month, we interview Aaron Thompson, the area manager of the Bureau of Reclamation’s Nebraska- Kansas Area Office. We speak with him about the office’s top projects as well as the benefits of title…
Volume 15 Issue 8 September NE

The Lower Loup Natural Resources District manages water resources across one-tenth of Nebraska’s territory. In this month’s cover interview with General Manager Russell Callan and Information and…
Volume 15 Issue 7 July/August NE

Just last month, our Nebraska edition was commemorating the 20th anniversary of the passage of LB 962, Nebraska’s groundbreaking water law. This month, our focus on forward-looking…
Volume 15 Issue 6 June NE

Nebraska’s Legislative Bill 962, passed in 2004, was a decisive step toward better water management—and it is one that other states can learn from. In this month’s cover story, we speak with Tom Riley, the director…
Volume 15 Issue 5 May NE

In our cover story this month, we have the privilege of speaking with Governor Jim Pillen, who vaunts the natural riches of Nebraska’s soils and aquifers and outlines his vision of putting into place a biobased…
Volume 15 Issue 4 Apr NE

Since 1971, LI‑COR Environmental has been producing instruments for agricultural research, but more recently it has turned to less expensive and more scalable…
Volume 15 Issue 3 Mar NE

The Upper Republican Natural Resources District serves to preserve and protect groundwater in a southwesterm Nebraska watershed with nearly 450,000 acres of groundwater-irrigated land.