Unique to Nebraska, Natural Resource Districts are local government entities with broad responsibilities to protect the State's natural resources. In 1969 Senator Maurice Kremer introduced and the Nebraska Legislature enacted Legislative Bill (LB) 1357 to combine 154 special purpose entities in the state into 24 Natural Resources Districts by July, 1972. Created to solve flood control, soil erosion, irrigation runoff and groundwater management issues, Nebraska's NRDs are involved in a wide variety of programs and projects. Districts are organized by Nebraska's major river basins to allow for the implementation of better management practices across similar topography and resource concerns. Today there are 23 NRDs, of which the Lower Big Blue is one.
The Lower Big Blue Natural Resources District is located in southeast Nebraska, adjoining Kansas and is in the lower portion of the Big Blue River Basin. The District consists of 1,644 sections totaling 1,052,160 acres and is approximately 45 miles wide at its widest point and approximately 50 miles in length. The main stream flowing through the District is the Big Blue River, with other important tributaries being Bear, Big Indian, Cedar, Cub, Little Indian, Mission, Mud, Plum, Swan, Turkey and Wolf-Wildcat Creeks. Within the District agriculture is the principal enterprise with row crop being the predominant land-use and corn and soybeans being the primary cash grain crops.
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Ryan Birkett - Vice Chairman
Sub District 1
Water/Personnel and Equipment Committees
2323 CO RD M
Wilber, NE 68465
Duane Parde
Sub District 1
Information and Education Committee
9876 E Dogwood RD
Pickrell, NE 68422
Darrell M. Rains - Treasurer
Sub District 2
Programs and Projects/Building Committees
35292 HWY 77
Beatrice, NE 68310
Heidi McClintock
Sub District 2
Information and Education Committee
6650 W HWY 8
Odell, NE 68415
Doug Stokebrand
Sub District 3
Water/Information and Education Committees
2181 County Road 2250
DeWitt, NE 68341
Larry Barta
Sub District 3
Programs and Projects Committee
2150 County Road 1500
Swanton, NE 68445
Robert J. Lorenz
Sub District 4
Personnel and Equipment Committee
720 County Road 1900
Crete, NE 68333
Rodney Skleba
Sub District 4
Water/Personnel and Equipment Committees
1071 County Road 2350
Wilber, NE 68465
Jason Sand - Secretary
Sub District 5
Programs and Projects Committee
901 W Mary Street
Beatrice, NE 68310
Dean Roehr
Sub District 5
Personnel and Equipment/Water/Building Committees
2110 Garfield Street
Beatrice, NE 68310
Brent Katz
Sub District 6
Information and Education Committee
124 Regency DR
Beatrice, NE 68310
Steven A. Kelley
Sub District 6
Personnel and Equipment/Water/Building Committees
1806 S 16th Circle Drive
Beatrice, NE 68310
Jason Pohlmann - Chairman
At Large
Programs and Projects/Water Committees
10977 W Hackberry Road
DeWitt, NE 68341
The Lower Big Blue Natural Resources District is split into six sub-districts. These six sub-districts are represented by two members of the Board of Directors that live within that sub-district. Therefore, our Board has twelve directors with one at-large member make a total of thirteen directors. Each sub-district is split evenly (within 5%) based on population data from the U.S. Census Bureau. A detailed view of our sub-districts is listed below.
Beatrice, NE 68310
Phone:(402) 228.3402
Fax:(402) 223.4441
Teresa Langley - Admin. Secretary Ext. 200
Scott Theis - Operations Supervisor Ext. 1
Scott Sobotka - Manager Ext. 2
Ryan Thomas - Resources Specialist Ext. 3
Tyler Weishahn - Resources Specialist Ext. 5
Adam Kimmerling - Admin. Assistant Ext. 6
Nick Schroeder - Technical Specialist Ext. 7
