Sustainability
Wau-Col Regional Water System: LENRD
Wausa will provide water to Magnet and McLean with rural users in between, and Coleridge will provide water to Belden. There are only 15 rural users signed up, and at a minimum, the advisory committee would like to have 25. The Lower Elkhorn NRD is subsidizing those first 25 hookups and monthly water fees to make this happen. If the project goes through, up to 88% of the cost may be grant funded through USDA Rural Development.
Stream Monitoring
Volunteer Stream Monitoring is an activity that enables residents on or near a stream to assess the health of their stream and to monitor it for any changes for the better based on conservation efforts or for any impairment from changes in land use. Monitoring efforts may connect people to their landscape and enrich their appreciation of local habitats and ecosystems. Bazile Creek, in Northeastern Nebraska, is a beautiful sandy bottom stream that drains the hills lining the southern banks of the Missouri River. Local residents expressed an interest in monitoring portions of Bazile Creek to members of the Northeastern Nebraska Resource Conservation and Development Organization.
An initial training session and sampling event took place on May 17, 2004. In 2009 the group met again and went out on Friday, September 25, at Bazile Creek near Center. Wayne State College Professor Barbara Hayford led the two trainings and monitoring. This is a continuation of the sampling started in 2004 at this same site. Volunteers collected water quality data: * Dissolved oxygen, turbidity, conductivity, perhaps nitrate and pH, data to calculate discharge and sediment load, data to assess habitat and to do a simple on-site macroinvertebrate assessment.
View the Save Our Streams Annual Report >>
An initial training session and sampling event took place on May 17, 2004. In 2009 the group met again and went out on Friday, September 25, at Bazile Creek near Center. Wayne State College Professor Barbara Hayford led the two trainings and monitoring. This is a continuation of the sampling started in 2004 at this same site. Volunteers collected water quality data: * Dissolved oxygen, turbidity, conductivity, perhaps nitrate and pH, data to calculate discharge and sediment load, data to assess habitat and to do a simple on-site macroinvertebrate assessment.
View the Save Our Streams Annual Report >>
Missouri River Futures
Missouri River Futures (MRF) was established in 2004 to coordinate efforts from various agencies and private landowners on Missouri River issues. MRF primarily focuses its efforts on the 39-mile and 59-mile segments of the Missouri National Recreational River (MNRR). Over 35 different federal, state, local, and nonprofit organizations are working on issues regarding the MNRR. For more information about Missouri River Futures go to their websitewww.missouririverfutures.com.
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