(IMPERIAL REPUBLICAN) The Imperial Republican reports, "With a pair of 3-3 votes, members of the Republican River Management Districts Association (RRMDA) opted not to take any position on LB 1057, which would create a task force to look at water issues in the Republican Basin. Members of the group met in Imperial Monday for their quarterly meeting. The association includes the four natural resources districts in the basin—Upper, Middle, Lower Republican and Tri-Basin—and the three surface water irrigation districts—Frenchman Valley/Hitchcock & Red Willow (FV/H&RW) Frenchman-Cambridge, and Nebraska Bostwick. Hearings on LB 1057 are scheduled for today (Thursday) and the first motion at Monday’s meeting called for the group to testify against the bill introduced by Sen. Tom Carlson of Holdrege. Proponents of testifying against the bill said the a basin group already exists in the form of the RRMDA. They said the association represented interests in the basin and is the best group to address issues and solutions for the basin. Those opposed to taking a position on the bill said RRMDA hasn’t taken up some of the issues that would be addressed by the task force, such as long-term sustainability of irrigation in the basin."
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