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City of Lincoln Natural Resources & Greenways
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Saline Wetland Conservation Partnership
In 2002 the City of Lincoln received a $750,000 Nebraska Environmental Trust grant for the implementation of the Eastern Saline Wetlands Project. Then in 2003, an inter-local agreement was signed between the City of Lincoln, Lancaster County, Lower Platte South Natural Resources District, The Nature Conservancy, and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. The agreement specified these entities to establish the Saline Wetlands Conservation Partnership (SWCP) and to implement a Conservation Plan for the Eastern Nebraska Saline Wetlands.
In 2005, the Nebraska Environmental Trust awarded the City of Lincoln an additional $800,000 over three years. This funding will assist the SWCP in continued efforts to conserve the Eastern Saline Wetlands.
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The Implementation Plan for the Conservation of Nebraska’s Eastern Saline Wetlands was completed in 2003. This plan seeks a partnership approach to address the conservation of saline wetlands and the needs of the community. The Plan Goal is "No net loss of saline wetlands and their associated functions with a long-term gain in sustaining wetland functions through the restoration of hydrology, prescribed wetland management, and watershed protection." To meet this goal the Plan includes Comprehensive Strategies that address: 1) Hiring a Coordinator, 2) Outreach and Feedback, 3) Planning and Coordination, 4) Wetland Protection, 5) Priority conservation Planning, 6) Stream Restoration, 7) Private Lands issues, 8) Taxes on public lands, 9) Research, and 10) Funding. Five Landscape Objectives are listed that address wetland protection and/or restoration for about 4,000 acres.
Other partners have contributed to the SWCP through their support of the Nebraska Environmental Trust grants awarded in 2002 and 2005 and/or through providing resources for the conservation and restoration of the eastern saline wetlands. These partners are the Naturals Resources Conservation Service, Cooper Foundation, Private Landowners, Ducks Unlimited, U.S Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality, Home Builders Association of Lincoln, Nebraska Wildlife Federation, Wachiska Audubon, Hugo and Thelma Aspegren Trust, Nebraska Sierra Club, Pheasants Forever, and the Conservation Alliance of the Great Plains.
BROCHURE: Saline Wetlands Conservation Partnership
Natural Resources & Greenways