Nebraska New wildlife habitat program Landowners in the North Platte Valley can get financial help to develop or improve habitat for wildlife by participating in a new program sponsored by the North Platte Natural Resources District and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Participating landowners sign a contract with the NRD to maintain the wildlife habitat. To apply for the program, interested landowners should contact the NRD s Gering office. NRD personnel and landowners will work together to develop a site plan and determine what types of habitat improvement activities will need to take place. Participants are not required to allow public use of the wildlife land, but those who do so qualify for extra financial incentives.
Funding is limited.
Applications will be taken and contracts developed until funding is exhausted. Many of them are bordered by irrigated cropland with little existing buffer between the crop and the stream.