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Soil Program Details

Lower Platte North NRD Shell Creek Grassed Waterways Cost Share

The Shell Creek Watershed Improvement Group (SCWIG) was established in 1999 as a locally–led cadre of producers, residents, non-governmental organizations, as well as, state and federal agencies with the purpose of addressing the multi-faceted impairments of Shell Creek. The watershed experienced numerous damaging flood events and had multiple water quality concerns, including E. coli and atrazine impairments.

For more information, please contact us: Lower Platte North Natural Resources District
511 Commercial Park Road, PO Box 126 Wahoo, NE 68066
(402) 443-4675
lpnnrd@lpnnrd.org

Farm Eligibility

Eligible Practices

  • Buffer Strips
  • Conservation Crop Rotation
  • Conservation Crop Rotations
  • Conservation Cropping Rotation
  • Cover Crops
  • Edge-of-Field Management
  • Filter Strip
  • Filter Strips
  • Grassed Waterway
  • In-Field Management
  • Increase Biodiversity
  • Increased Biodiversity
  • Regenerative Ag
  • Residue and Tillage Management
  • Riparian Forest Buffer
  • Soil Health. Other programs may have different combinations of eligible practices.
  • Wildlife Habitat Planting

Eligible Counties (in NE)

Boone, Colfax, Madison, Platte, and Polk

Money Matters

Price

Up to 75% cost-share throughout the watershed