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Nebraska's Hydrography Stewardship: 2009 NHD Conference Insights and Future Directions

The 2009 NHD Stewardship Conference in Nebraska brought together key stakeholders to discuss vital water management topics, guided by experts like Jim Langtry and Tim Hines. Focus areas included data maintenance, pollution sources, and water availability challenges. The collaboration among local agencies like the NRCS, Department of Natural Resources, and environmental groups aimed to enhance data accuracy and improve water management practices. As the state's water issues become critical, stakeholders explored the role of technology, training, and local conferences to improve stewardship and decision-making.

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Nebraska's Hydrography Stewardship: 2009 NHD Conference Insights and Future Directions

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  1. National Hydrography Dataset Nebraska’s Stewardship Experience 2009 NHD Stewardship Conference

  2. Nebraska Stewardship MOU • Signed 4/1/2008 • NSDI Liaison – Jim Langtry • USGS POC – Tim Hines • WBD Steward – Shandy Bittle NRCS

  3. Nebraska NHD Data • 1:24,000 • Revised as it was collected • Maintenance Lite I • Second editing pass May 2009 • Densify network • Add missing GNIS names • Fix canals

  4. Nebraska Water Agencies State / University • Department of Natural Resources –Surface water • Department of Environmental Quality - CWA • Health and Human Services - SDA • Game and Parks Commission - Habitat • UNL Water Center – Research, extension • UNL Conservation and Survey Division - Survey Local • Natural Resources Districts – Ground water

  5. “Water is Nebraska’s issue of the decade” – Governor Dave Heineman • Water Availability • Nonpoint source pollution • Point source pollution • Animal waste facilities • Toxic Algae

  6. NHD Opportunity DSS for evaluation and management of Fully Appropriated Basins NHD Stewardship housed at DNR Integrated Water Information Project (IWIP) • Water Rights • Dams • Gages • Instream Flows • Groundwater Wells

  7. NHD Applications DSS Benefits: • Extract information for water analysis and management • Facilitate Water administration and maintenance • Provide feedback to the NHD edit process

  8. NHD Issues • Some densification required • Some of the DSS capabilities require attributes that are currently not populated • Some of the DSS capabilities require NHDPlus attributes • Event Attribute Accumulator

  9. NHD Stewardship Issues: • Small NHD user community • Small pool of experts from which to draw sub stewards • General lack of experience necessary to guide decision making • Where do we go from here? • Local Resolution • High-Res NHDPlus • LiDAR Revisions

  10. What Works • Communication • National conferences are good • Additional local or regional conferences - better • Training • Workshops

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