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A blog devoted to water law issues in Nebraska and the wider Great Plains region, and authored
by
David Bargen, Water and Municipal Law attorney with the Lincoln-based law firm Rembolt Ludtke LLP.


Monday, March 19, 2012

"March 22 programs to prepare ranchers for drought possibility"

(IMPERIAL REPUBLICAN) The Imperial Republican reports, "Experts in range management, animal sciences and the weather will provide programs in Imperial and Haigler designed to help ranchers manage possible drought conditions in southwest Nebraska."

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"Back to normal - or less - water year expected in Platte Basin"

(KEARNEY HUB) The Kearney Hub reports, "After two record-setting water supply years in the Platte Basin, reservoir managers are planning for what could be a below-normal 2012."

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"The high price of not irrigating"

(KEARNEY HUB) The Kearney Hub reports, "Retiring irrigated acres in the Platte and Republican basins has benefits for restoring depleted streamflows, enhancing wildlife habitat and complying with interstate compacts."

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"How to best save water? Sutherland farmer using precision methods to find out"

(KEARNEY HUB) The Kearney Hub reports, "Sutherland farmer Roric Paulman is treating his farm as a huge research center to test precision agriculture technologies and different management practices."

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Water issues lecture to be simulcast at UNK

(KEARNEY HUB) The Kearney Hub reports, "The E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues concludes its series 'Water and Global Security' with a March 28 lecture by Donald Worster titled, 'An Unquenchable Thirst: How the Great Plains Created a Water Abundance and Then Lost It.' ”

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Thursday, March 8, 2012

"TransCanada executive: New Keystone route in weeks"

(KRVN 880 RURAL RADIO) KRVN 880 Rural Radio reports, "An executive with the Canadian company seeking to build an oil pipeline across the United States to the Texas Gulf Coast says a plan for a new route around Nebraska's environmentally sensitive Sandhills region will be ready within weeks."

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"Update on Lake Mac"

(KRVN 880 RURAL RADIO) KRVN 880 Rural Radio reports, "Lake McConaughy is about 10 feet from full right now and snowpack upstream is below average according to Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District."

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"Water challenges global, but solutions to be found locally"

(KEARNEY HUB) The Kearney Hub reports, "It's important to have a global understanding of water issues, but in the end solutions will come locally, said the newly arrived director of the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute."

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"Environmental Trust funds to help range restoration on URNRD augmentation site"

(IMPERIAL REPUBLICAN) The Imperial Republican reports, "The Upper Republican Natural Resources District (URNRD) is in line to receive an $840,000 grant from the Nebraska Environmental Trust to help fund rangeland and stream flow restoration associated with its augmentation project near Rock Creek in Dundy County."

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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

"Central Platte NRD Board Approves Water Management Plans"

(KEARNEY HUB) The Kearney Hub reports, "The Central Platte Natural Resources District took the following action at their monthly Board of Directors meeting on Thursday."

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

"TransCanada gives heads up on second Keystone XL try"

(LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR) The Lincoln Journal Star reports, "TransCanada offered written confirmation Monday of its plans to re-apply for a presidential permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline through Nebraska."

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"TransCanada vows to repay state for study"

(OMAHA WORLD-HERALD) The Omaha World-Herald reports, "A TransCanada official pledged late Monday to put the company's money where its mouth is in restarting work in Nebraska on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline."

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"Levee breaches closed off"

(OMAHA WORLD-HERALD) The Omaha World-Herald reports, "All five breaches in Missouri River levees protecting the Hamburg, Iowa, and Rockport, Mo., areas now are substantially complete."

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"Water worries? Not in the Bluffs"

(OMAHA WORLD-HERALD) The Omaha World-Herald reports, "Although some parts of eastern Iowa are being warned they may not have enough water to meet future demand from industry and urban growth, that is not the case in Council Bluffs."

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Monday, February 27, 2012

"TransCanada touts oil pipeline from Oklahoma to Texas"

(LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR) The Lincoln Journal Star reports, "A Canadian company said Monday it will build an oil pipeline from Oklahoma to Texas after President Barack Obama blocked the larger Keystone XL pipeline from Canada."

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"CNN founder Turner opposes Keystone XL pipeline"

(LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR) The Lincoln Journal Star reports, "CNN founder Ted Turner is opposing construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which would be built close to his buffalo ranch in South Dakota."

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"TransCanada to begin pipeline work in Oklahoma"

(OMAHA WORLD-HERALD) The Omaha World-Herald reports, "TransCanada Inc. announced plans Monday to build a key segment of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline as soon as possible, while continuing to pursue federal approval for the rest of the 1,700-mile-long project."

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"CPNRD will open Thirty Mile project bids Thursday"

(KEARNEY HUB) The Kearney Hub reports, "Bids will be opened March 1 for work on an abbreviated Phase 1 rehabilitation on the Thirty Mile Canal in Dawson County."

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