Central Platte Natural Resources District

There are 21 members on the Board of Directors, each serving a four-year term. We have 27 staff members in the Grand Island headquarters, the Lexington field office, the Dawson County irrigation canal offices, and the USDA NRCS offices in Grand Island, Central City, Kearney and Lexington.

Nebraska’s Natural Resources Districts have been protecting lives, protecting property, and protecting the future since 1972. Central Platte is one of 23 NRDs created by the Nebraska Legislature in 1972. The mission of the Central Platte NRD is to wisely conserve, manage, and enhance the water, soil, range, wildlife, and forest resources within the District for the benefit of all. Central Platte NRD boundaries reach from the Lincoln-Dawson county line near Gothenburg to Hwy 81 near Columbus.