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Soil Program Details

Lower Platte North NRD Shell Creek Lands for Conservation 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

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Farm Eligibility

Eligible Practices

_Other
Access Control
Agroforestry / Forestry
Conservation Cover
Edge-of-Field Management
Field Border
Field Borders
Grazing and Pasture
In-Field Management
Increased Biodiversity
Irrigation
Irrigation Water Management
Living Roots Year-Round
Nutrient Management
Pasture And Hay Planting
Pollinator Habitat
Prescribed Grazing
Regenerative Ag
Soil Health. Other programs may have different combinations of eligible practices.
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management
Watering Facility
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment and Renovation

Eligible Counties (in NE)

Boone, Colfax, Madison, Platte, and Polk

Money Matters

Price

Provides a land rental payment to set aside the footprint of the construction area in order to extend the construction season. Cost-share is based on currently published UNL average cash rental rates