A contractor hired by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission uses a helicopter to apply herbicide to phragmites, an invasive, noxious weed, at Niobrara Confluence Wildlife Management Area on the Missouri River near the village of Niobrara. Also known as common reed, phragmites is choking out native vegetation, reducing the amount of wildlife habitat available on the Missouri, Platte and other rivers, reservoirs and wetlands throughout the state. It is also an Aquatic Invasive Species. (Photo by Eric Fowler, for NEBRASKAland Magazine, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.)

Is latest WOTUS revision the final chapter?

A center-pivot irrigation system waters a cornfield near Adams, Nebraska, south of Lincoln. (Photo by Craig Chandler, University Communication and Marketing.)

Four States Irrigation Council announces major awards

The pivot with KZ valves waters a plot at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Panhandle Research Extension and Education Center in Scottsbluff. (Photo by Chabella Guzman.)

Water for Food Global Conerence set for April 28 to May 2

Crop circles near Dalhart, Texas. (Photo credit: Landsat NASA.)

Groundwater study looks at shared management strategy

The Bennett Trust Land Stewardship Conference on April 10-11 in Marble Falls will help landowners learn to protect their natural resources. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Bennett Trust Land Stewardship Conference set for April 10-11

Sushant Mehan, assistant professor and SDSU Extension Water Resource Engineer Specialist, conducts water quality sampling at Skunk Creek near Sioux Falls. (Photo courtesy of Sushant Mehan)

SDSU Extension hopes to empower South Dakotans through water use survey

Oklahoma cedar tree bill passes in the House  

Dripping outside tap in summer showing a conceptual water ban or shortage 3d render (Photo: iStock - studio-fi)

Hopper retires from HPWD board of directors