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		<title>RWBJV Presents Wetland Stewardship Awards</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hastings &#8211; The Rainwater Basin Joint Venture presented three Wetland Stewardship Awards during its annual Informational Seminar on February 8. The award recognizes significant contributions to wetland conservation in the Rainwater Basin region of south-central Nebraska. Angie Biester and the late Gary Biester, of Clay County, were recipients of the Landowner Wetland Stewardship Award. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>17th Annual Informational Seminar is February 8</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grand Island &#8212; The Rainwater Basin Joint Venture will host its 17th annual Informational Seminar on Wednesday, February 8, at the Hastings Hotel and Convention Center, 2205 Osborne Drive East, in Hastings, Nebraska. The one-day seminar, which begins at 9:15, is an opportunity for landowners, agriculture producers, natural resource professionals, and other interested individuals to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Wetland Sediment Document Now Available</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recently completed Sedimentation of Nebraska&#8217;s Playa Wetlands: a Review of Current Knowledge and Issues, published by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, is available to download at www.NebraskaWetlands.com. The document discusses Nebraska&#8217;s playa wetlands and the process of sedimentation, and the effects of culturally accelerated sedimentation on wetland function.]]></description>
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		<title>Sanchez is New Rainwater Basin WMD Project Leader</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 19, 2011 Funk, Nebraska &#8212; Ronnie Sanchez is the new project leader of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service&#8217;s Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District. Sanchez has worked for nineteen years for the USFWS National Wildlife Refuge System, at refuges in Washington, Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska. He served as the Rainwater Basin WMD&#8217;s deputy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rainwater Basin Featured in USFWS Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 16:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Rainwater Basin is one of fifty sites featured in the U.S. Fish &#38; Wildlife Service&#8217;s Open Spaces blog project, entitled &#8220;50 Stories, 50 States, 50 Days.&#8221; The stories included in the project highlight the effects of accelerating climate change on fish and wildlife around the country. The goal of the project, which was launched [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grants Will Improve Wetland Habitat in Rainwater Basin</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 21:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lincoln &#8211; Rainwater Basin wetlands and wildlife habitat will benefit from $338,373 in grants announced in April by the Nebraska Environmental Trust. The Rainwater Basin Joint Venture will receive $150,000 for the Wetland Habitat, Restoration, and Protection grant, which will help increase the quality and quantity of the region&#8217;s wetland habitat on public and private [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RWBJV/PLJV Research Symposium Abstracts Available</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On March 16-17, the RWBJV and Playa Lakes Joint Venture co-hosted the Playa Wetland Research Symposium in Grand Island. More than eighty people attended, representing 23 natural resource agencies, conservation organizations, and universities in eleven states. The symposium was held in conjunction with the Waterbird Society&#8217;s annual conference. Abstracts of the 29 presentations given at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secretary of the Interior Visits Rainwater Basin</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar visited the Rainwater Basin and central Platte River on March 14 to witness the spring waterfowl and crane migration, and to call attention to the work of south-central Nebraska’s conservation partnerships, which he called “the heart and soul of President Obama’s Great Outdoors Initiative.” Secretary Salazar accompanied RWBJV partners [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Wetland Program Available for Rainwater Basin Lands</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grand Island – A new conservation program offers eligible Rainwater Basin landowners the flexibility of crossing an irrigation pivot over enrolled wetland and associated upland acres. The Rainwater Basin Joint Venture cooperated with the Natural Resources Conservation Service to develop a pilot Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program, which is available only in the Rainwater Basin wetland [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Incentives Available to Fill Abandoned Irrigation Pits</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grand Island – Agriculture producers in the Rainwater Basin region have an opportunity to fill abandoned irrigation re-use pits and thereby increase their productive acres under a Special Initiative program offered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service. The Rainwater Basin Watershed Initiative is part of NRCS’s Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program, and is focused on pits [...]]]></description>
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