For the last few years, conservationists have fought a precedent-setting proposal to send excess water from the basin south to another part of the state. They argue the region has none to spare.

It’s been a few years since the last economic impact study of the migration on Central Nebraska, but in 2017, it had a value of $14.3 million, “supporting 182 year-round equivalent jobs.” ...

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts in April signed legislation that, within the terms of the compact, would allow Nebraska to build a canal in Colorado to siphon water off the South Platte River.

Brown spent about 15 hours in a blind watching the cranes on the banks of the Platte River. The Audubon Center said about 700,000 cranes were in the area last weekend and about 300,000 will be in ...

A KETV producer recently went to central Nebraska to see the sandhill crane migration. ... Brown spent about 15 hours in a blind watching the cranes on the banks of the Platte River.

The birds gather by the thousands along the Platte River. Sarah Kuta. Just as they’ve done for thousands of years, sandhill cranes are once again descending upon central Nebraska for their ...

Happily, this new water from the Platte River via Central Nebraska Public Power District’s canal system can test below 1 ppm. Though science has yet to precisely quantify this factor, ...

As many as 50,000 cranes have already arrived on the Platte River in central Nebraska on their way north to their breeding grounds. KYLEE WARREN, courtesy photo ...

Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts now wants to invoke the state’s 1923 South Platte River Compact with Colorado, which gave Nebraska the right to revive and finish the canal. Todd von Kampen, The ...

Officials with two central Nebraska utilities districts said Friday that a proposed merger of the two is not essential for a planned $750 million liquid fertilizer plant ... (Platte River power); ...

KETV Omaha. Sights and sounds of sandhill crane migration on Platte River in Nebraska. Posted: April 8, 2025 | Last updated: June 15, 2025. A KETV producer recently went to central Nebraska to see ...