By Jason Severe, Nebraska Forest Service Questions about trees on your property? Give District Forester Kyle Yrkoski a call at (402) 362-6601 or email trees@upperbigblue.org Thinking about spring...

The NRD staff has had a number of changes in the past few months, including new hires and promotions. Longtime Water Conservationist Dan Leininger retired in the June of 2023 after 19 years with the...

City of Hastings, UBBNRD, and LBNRD to Host Public Event HASTINGS, NE (January 16, 2024) – The City of Hastings, invites the community to attend a public open house as part of its Lake Hastings Water...

While the NRD is generally more concerned with growing trees rather than cutting them down, District Forester Kyle Yrkoski made an exception in 2023. When he heard that the Nebraska capitol building...

Boy Scout Jayden Butzke has enjoyed camping, fishing, sledding, and kayaking at Smith Creek Recreation Area near Utica for years, but on one recent visit, he realized something was missing from the...

For 2023, the district mailed out water use summary reports to water users – presenting them with a visual of how much water they’ve used over the past several years (2013-2022), in hopes that our...