Funding Available for Rural and Urban Tree Planting

April 24, 2009

Note: This article from the Conservation Tree Initiative Partnership is part of an effort to encourage windbreak plantings in Nebraska. The group's goal is to plant 1.7 million trees annually — one for every Nebraska citizen.

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Field Updates

April 24, 2009

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USDA: Crop Report

April 24, 2009 For the week ending April 19, warmer temperatures and much needed moisture fell across Nebraska with the most significant amounts in the western half of the state, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office. They provide the following report on field activity and crop condition.

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Regional Initiative Works to Address Agriculture and Water Quality

April 24, 2009

By working together and combining resources, a regional program is addressing environmental issues related to agriculture.

Heartland Publications

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Weather-data Tracking System Being Incorporated into Broader Effort

April 24, 2009 Every day, around 7 a.m., thousands of volunteers in more than 40 states check and empty their rain gauges, then enter their data online, in the nation's most extensive grass-roots precipitation-reporting system.

 

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