WILDLIFE IS A MEASURING STICK WITH WHICH WE MEASURE THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OUR HUMAN CONDITION.

Effective natural resources management includes paying attention to all facets of our natural environment. The Papio-Missouri River NRD takes pride in our desire to build projects that are truly multipurpose - achieving numerous goals, including wildlife habitat improvement or creation. Prime examples of this approach include the Back to the River effort to enhance Missouri River fish and wildlife habitat through the revitalization of lost wetlands. Other multipurpose projects that greatly enhanced wildlife habitat include Wehrspann Lake/Chalco Hills Recreation Area and Walnut Creek Lake and Recreation Area. Both of these reservoirs, built primarily for flood control, have hundreds of acres devoted to tree plantings, native grass, wildlife food plots.

WILDLIFE HABITAT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

Wildlife and today's farming practices can co-exist in Harmony. The WHIP program offers cost sharing with landowners for the preservation or creation of wildlife habitat on private land. Sharing costs with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and landowners, hundreds of acres of wildlife habitat have been created and are being preserved.

For more information contact Ralph Puls, Land and Water Programs Coordinator: 402-444-6222 or rpuls@papionrd.org.