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 (Sub District 1)
2323 CO RD M
Wilber, NE 68465
Lawrence Gronewold (Sub District 1)
18748 S 41st Road
Beatrice, NE 68310
Darrell M. Rains (Sub District 2) - Treasurer
35292 HWY 77
Beatrice, NE 68310
James Damrow (Sub District 2)
71135 HWY 103
Diller, NE 68342
Doug Stokebrand (Sub District 3)
2181 County Road 2250
DeWitt, NE 68341
Larry Barta (Sub District 3)
2150 County Road 1500
Swanton, NE 68445
Robert J. Lorenz (Sub District 4)
720 County Road 1900
Crete, NE 68333
Rodney Skleba (Sub District 4)
1071 County Road 2350
Wilber, NE 68465
Jason Sand (Sub District 5)
901 W Mary Street
Beatrice, NE 68310
Dean Roehr (Sub District 5) - Chairman
2110 Garfield Street
Beatrice, NE 68310
Doug Pieper (Sub District 6) - Secretary
510 Bellwood Drive
Beatrice, NE 68310
Steven A. Kelley (Sub District 6) - Vice Chairman
1806 S 16th Circle Drive
Beatrice, NE 68310
Jason Pohlmann (At Large)
10977 W Hackberry Road
DeWitt, NE 68341
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 - Asst. Manager Ext. 2
Ryan Thomas - Resources Specialist Ext. 3
Dave Clabaugh - Manager Ext. 4
Tyler Weishahn - Resources Specialist Ext. 5
Adam Kimmerling - Admin. Assistant Ext. 6
Nick Schroeder - Technical Specialist Ext. 7