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Douglas County weed superintendent urges state support for riparian projects, will testify for LB 807
Summary
Douglas County noxious weed superintendent Mike Reed briefed the board on the Lower Platte Weed Management Area, explained cost-sharing with landowners and NRDs, and said he will testify in support of LB 807 to use the Water Resources Cash Fund for riparian grant projects.
Douglas County’s noxious weed control superintendent told the county board Jan. 27 that the Lower Platte Weed Management Area—an 11-county interlocal—helps counties share resources for riparian and invasive-plant work along the Platte and Missouri rivers and that recent state funding cuts have left a gap for the Lower Platte area.
Mike Reed described the interlocal’s structure, the landowner 50% cost-share model and the ecological and flood-control benefits of…
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