(NORTH PLATTE TELEGRAPH) The North Platte Telegraph reports "The Ogallala Platte River Recovery project has been awarded $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 through the Agricultural Water Enhancement Program (AWEP) of the Natural Resources Conservation Service. This project will assist in planning efforts to reduce consumptive uses of water in the Platte River Basin. The Nebraska Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is the lead partner along with the Central Platte, Tri-Basin, Twin Platte, South Platte, and North Platte Natural Resources Districts (NRDs).
The purpose of this project is to reduce water consumption and related depletions to surface water flows in these five NRDs, helping to meet the requirements of the integrated management plans recently adopted by the DNR and the NRDs. The AWEP funds will provide direct payments to producers for a conversion of agricultural land from irrigated farming to non-irrigated land uses for a period of five years."
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The purpose of this project is to reduce water consumption and related depletions to surface water flows in these five NRDs, helping to meet the requirements of the integrated management plans recently adopted by the DNR and the NRDs. The AWEP funds will provide direct payments to producers for a conversion of agricultural land from irrigated farming to non-irrigated land uses for a period of five years."
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