With more showers hopefully on the way, volunteers are still being sought from townships in each of the counties
served by the Lower Loup Natural Resources District for the NeRain program.
NeRain is short for Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network. The goal of the program is to collect precipitation data from volunteers across the state.
Participants will receive a high quality rain gauge at no cost. Data taken from those gauges is entered onto a Department of Natural Resources web site on the Internet. The precipitation information is then immediately available to anyone with Internet access.
To determine if a volunteer is needed in your township, click on your county name below.
The NeRain program has been funded by the Nebraska Environmental Trust. The program is based on a successful program started in Colorado called Community Collaborative Rain and Hail Study.
There are a number of uses for the precipitation data. The information can be used to create rainfall runoff models, to study groundwater re-charge, and for crop-water use calculations. It can also be used to study storm events, for making flood and high water predictions, and for flood plain mapping.
The data can be used for agricultural purposes as well. Conservation agencies and crop consultants use the data to assist with irrigation scheduling and meeting a crop’s water needs.
There is a limit of one NeRain participant per township across the NRD, however there are still openings in most counties in the District. If you would like to be a NeRain volunteer, please contact Larry Schultz, NeRain Coordinator for the Lower Loup Natural Resources District.
Telephone the NRD Headquarters at (308) 728-3221 or write Larry Schultz, Lower Loup Natural Resources District, 2620 Airport Drive, P.O. Box 210, Ord, Nebraska, 68862. You may also utilize the Contact Us section of this web site.
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This page last modified on 3/1/06.
