Nebraska ON TAP

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DNR where you are: Hello Middle Republican

Dehvynne and Alexa work in the Directors support division at the Department of Natural Resources ( a state agency that works with the 23 NRDs here in the state). They drove out to Southwest Nebraska to be apart of our Podcast and so they could really understand a farmers point of view. Vaughn Dizmang volunteered to join us in the studio and to answer some questions for them. Tune into how DNR works with the state NRDs, you and farmers. Dehvynne and Alexa also have their own podcast for DNR called, Around the Water Cooler.

Bird Feeder: Pheasant Cover Program

Join me this week as I talk to Jennifer Prenosil from the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Did you want to know about how to add habitat for pheasants here in the selected areas of Nebraska? Tune in to find out how and why it is important.

Drip Hydration: Water down under

Kurt Grimm of Nutradrip talks to us on his experience with subsurface drip tapes. At his company not only do they install the drip tape according to your field but they also offer other services specific to having drip tape in your field. Listen to my informative talk with Kurt on what he has learned and observed in his business.

What’s in Your Yard: Water Wise Landscapes

On this Episode we talk to Nicole Gibson who runs her own gardening company. She talks to us about the challenges she has with the soil and water in her location. Tune in to find out how she addresses these challenges.

A Different Midwest Wave

Professor Troy Gilmore joins us this week to talk about an outreach program called W.A.V.E.S. Learn about this program in our interview. It’s going to be a great source of knowledge for the Nebraskans in this state to learn about water innovations and water history in our state.

Soil and water: This society loves it

Claudia Stevenson who is the Nebraska Chapter President for the Soil and water conservation society, talks to us about herself and the conservation society. She lets us know about up coming events and how you can participate.

You, Me and our NRD: History brief and pooling

On this episode I talk to you all about how the NRDs grew from many agencies to NRDs. Also how pooling water for irrigation works here in the Middle Republican NRD.

Water Across the State: Loup in

We talk to Alan Bartels this week about himself and his role in the Nebraskan Natural Resources District, Lower Loup . He also fills us in on the experience he had at the Water Leaders Academy and his time out of Nebraska serving our country. Thank you for your service Alan. 

Nebraska LB 962 and you: Data from a survey

Dr. Mark Burbach has been in the UNL school system since 1985 and helped conduct a case study of Nebraskas Platte River basin among other accomplishments. Published in 2022 this study includes various data that helps Mark and his team understand what the people in the area think. Mark talks to us about LB 962, passed in 2005, that deals with Integrated Management Plans (IMP) in different watersheds here in Nebraska. Learn about it in this interview.

Institute of Water: Economic data

Our Guest this week is Aakanksha Melkani. She not only is a PhD PhD research associate but currently helping impact important economic studies here in Nebraskan Agriculture. We talk about her world study travels on farming factors in sub-Saharan Africa and how her work at The Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at UNL has shaped her Economic findings so far.

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