"Keystone XL pipeline bill advances"

(LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR) The Lincoln Journal Star reports, "Opponents of TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline cried foul Thursday, saying the company should not get a Mulligan following President Barack Obama's initial rejection of the project."

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"Harlan Co. projects focus on shoreline protection"

(KEARNEY HUB) The Kearney Hub reports, "Members of the Aquatic Habitat Program Rehabilitation Project at Harlan County Reservoir Wednesday in Alma discussed the final stages of an upcoming construction project."

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"Concerns raised on Keystone XL bill"

(OMAHA WORLD-HERALD) The Omaha World-Herald reports, "Some key state senators raised concerns Thursday about the constitutionality of a proposal in the Nebraska Legislature to restart a state review of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline."

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"Hazard plan for LLNRD region should be done by fall Plan needed for counties, towns to seek FEMA funds for projects"

(KEARNEY HUB) The Kearney Hub reports, "A 21/2-year process to produce a regional FEMA Hazard Mitigation Plan for the Lower Loup Basin should be completed by fall."

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"NRD ensures Antelope Valley project will have good water"

(LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR) The Lincoln Journal Star reports, "Fears that Antelope Creek will run dry were washed away Wednesday when the Lower Platte South Natural Resources District agreed to buy 11 wells and an underground reservoir from the Lincoln Water System."

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"Grant will go to river options"

(OMAHA WORLD-HERALD) The Omaha World-Herald reports, " A $413,000 grant will help Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas evaluate different options for managing the Republican River."

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"Platte recovery projects to see less federal money"

(KEARNEY HUB) The Kearney Hub reports, "Federal budget cuts are affecting two projects to help restore depleted Platte River flows, the Central Platte Natural Resources District Board of Directors was told Thursday."

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"GOP chides Obama over pipeline"

(OMAHA WORLD-HERALD) The Omaha World-Herald reports, "President Barack Obama's announcement Thursday that he has issued a directive to fast-track the southern segment of the Keystone XL pipeline was met with derision by Capitol Hill Republicans, who said he was trying to have it both ways on the matter."

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"Some on pipeline's original path collect freebie"

(LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR) The Lincoln Journal Star reports, "Atkinson banker Dan Kramer concedes that he could be living in the best of all possible petroleum pipeline worlds."

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"Republican River basin gets federal funds for water study"

(LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR) The Lincoln Journal Star reports, "The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is providing $2.4 million for water studies in five western river basins, including the Republican River basin in Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado."

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"Fast-track on part of pipeline criticized"

(OMAHA WORLD-HERALD) The Omaha World-Herald reports, "President Barack Obama's decision to support quick approval of an Oklahoma-to-Texas portion of the Keystone XL pipeline can't hurt the push to expedite the review of the crude-oil pipeline through Nebraska, a state senator said Wednesday."

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"Federal, state funds OK’d for Republican Basin study"

(KEARNEY HUB) The Kearney Hub reports, "U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Wednesday that the Bureau of Reclamation will provide $2.4 million for studies in five western river basins, including the Republican Basin in Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska."

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"Northern leg is key say Canada pipeline proponents"

(KEARNEY HUB) The Kearney Hub reports, "Canadian proponents of TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline applauded Barack Obama's directive on Thursday to expedite the approval process for the southern leg of the pipeline."

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"Panel gives Keystone XL another nudge"

(LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR) The Lincoln Journal Star reports, "The Legislature's Natural Resources Committee emerged from an executive session on Tuesday with an adjusted process for a state environmental review of a new route for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline."

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"Proposal would restart Keystone XL review"

(OMAHA WORLD-HERALD) The Omaha World-Herald reports, "A new proposal was unveiled Tuesday to restart a Nebraska review of a new route for the controversial Keystone XL pipeline that would bypass the environmentally sensitive Sand Hills."

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"Flooding Fallout"

(YANKTON PRESS & DAKOTAN) The Yankton Press & Dakotan reports, "The historic 2011 Missouri River flooding accelerated sedimentation and will affect the river for years in ways still not known, according to a river expert."

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"Corps praised for speed of flooding repairs"

(LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR) The Lincoln Journal Star reports, "The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, accused by some of moving too slowly to contain the flooding Missouri River last year, won praise Monday from the mayor of Hamburg and a citizen group called Responsible River Management."

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"Flood fighters united in rebuilding"

(OMAHA WORLD-HERALD) The Omaha World-Herald reports, "Fixed, not forgotten.

That was the message Monday from Hamburg flood fighters for residents of the Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska region hard hit by Missouri River flooding."

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"Reservoir storage above normal"

(KEARNEY HUB) The Kearney Hub reports, "The major reservoirs along the North Platte River recorded above average storage amounts in February. Seminoe, Pathfinder and Glendo were well above their 30-year averages."

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"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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"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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