PUBLIC NOTICE

MEETING OF KANSAS-NEBRASKA BIG BLUE RIVER COMPACT ADMINISTRATION

Upper Big Blue NRD Office

319 E 25^th ST

York, NE

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

9:00 AM CDT

The Nebraska Department of Natural Resources and the Kansas Department of Agriculture will meet to discuss the previous year’s as well as ongoing activities in the Big Blue River Basin. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. Central Time at the Upper Big Blue NRD offices in York, NE. The meeting is open to the public and may be attended in person. A draft agenda for the meeting is posted on the Department’s website, http://dnr.nebraska.gov

The Blue River Basin Compact (Neb. Rev. Stat. § 1-115) was entered into to promote interstate comity between the States of Nebraska and Kansas; to achieve an equitable apportionment of the waters of the Big Blue River Basin between the two States and to promote orderly development thereof; and to encourage continuation of the active pollution-abatement programs in each of the two States and to seek further reduction in both natural and man-made pollution of the waters of the Big Blue River Basin.

Those with disabilities may request auxiliary aids and services necessary for participation by contacting Elizabeth Esseks at the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources, 245 Fallbrook Blvd. Box C, Suite 201 Lincoln, NE 68521, telephone number (402) 471-1697, electronic mail: elizabeth.esseks@nebraska.gov.  

Big Blue River Compact Administration Annual Meeting Draft Agenda