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NE Ridger
Posted 2/21/2025 08:17 (#11115675 - in reply to #11115367)
Subject: RE: time to trim the fat


EC Nebraska
gpsdude - 2/20/2025 22:30

NE Ridger - 2/20/2025 11:06

E.Daehler - 2/20/2025 08:48

pigfarmer82 - 2/20/2025 08:37

To receive funding you must be in compliance with your conservation plan and they can check your practices anytime they want on your property. Past 3 years I have had a farm checked. They send a letter your up for review and guy will call when he is coming. I have had no issues so far but being in the programs they do have rights to your property. I started farming in 1996 and never had a check until 3 years ago not sure what changed. This is hel ground they are checking. As stated ad-1026 is another way they tell you what to do with your property. Can’t just drain a wetland.


If everyone drain all the wetlands there would be none left and that could have a complete serveer effect on ecosystem. Not for the government telling me what to do but sometimes we do need a little restraint.


I want to dig a pit in the middle of my farmable wetlands, not to change any water flows across property lines. How will that have a negative effect on the ecosystem? There's no wetland vegetation there now, it's a farmable wetland.


If there is no wetland vegetation then it is not a wetland and should have been appealed, That is one of the 3 requirements to be a wetland.


It was appealed. They reduced the area of the wetland slightly. But several hundred feet to the right of the fence is still classed as "farmable wetland"
And water does stand there for at least a week most springs. I have no idea if anything can be done now, but the local NRCS ruling is pretty clear. No digging pits anywhere near the right side of that fence.
The thing is, if they were really worried about climate change and more severe rain events, then digging pits in all these little pockets is the best thing to do. Holds a few acre-feet of runoff back, to reduce downstream flooding and increase aquifer recharge. A few years ago we had a couple 2-3" rains followed by a 6" rain a week later. As you might imagine, there was a lot of runoff water. That picture was a lake the next morning. All but 6-10" of water ran off within 24 hours. A nice pit there would have held an extra 5-6 acre feet, at least half of which would have filtered down into the aquifer rather than causing downstream flooding.

Edited by NE Ridger 2/21/2025 08:25




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