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Nebraska Environmental Trust 2014 Final Rank Order Nebraska Environmental Trust 2014 Final Rank Order Rating Sponsor App. No. Project Name Award Intent: Yr.2 Intent: Yr.3 190 Nebraska City-County Management 14-149 Connecting Nebraska Communities Driving $402,300 $0 $0 Association America's Fuel! 183 Rainwater Basin Joint Venture 14-145 Central Loess Hills Prescribed Fire Training $133,500 $84,500 $84,500 Exchange Program 178 Nebraska Forest Service 14-111 Protecting, Rehabilitating and Restoring $300,000 $344,833 $344,834 Nebraska's Pine Forest Ecosystems 177 Quail Forever - Central Nebraska Chapter 14-154 Weed Wiper Equipment $3,000 $0 $0 173 Middle Niobrara Natural Resources District 14-126 No-Till Grass Drill $28,000 $0 $0 170 Nebraska Department of Education 14-153 Educating the Next Generation of $29,627 $29,627 $29,627 Nebraskans About Soil Conservation Using the Power Of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 170 Pheasants Forever, Inc. 14-185 Pollinator Habitat Program $24,496 $35,024 $39,815 169 Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center 14-187 Prairie Horizon - Protecting Habitat at Spring $130,000 $0 $0 Creek Prairie 169 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission 14-221 Wildcat Hills Jessup Land Acquisition $430,000 $0 $0 168 Rainwater Basin Joint Venture 14-143 Watershed Restoration of Atlanta Waterfowl $50,375 $60,375 $60,375 Production Area 167 Live Well Omaha 14-169 Omaha B-cycle Expansion $275,000 $45,000 $30,000 167 Upper Loup Natural Resources District 14-105 No-Till Drill $30,000 $0 $0 167 Sandhills Resource Conservation and 14-182 Cedar Control in the Sandhills Region $84,967 $33,967 $16,966 Development 166 Upper Elkhorn Natural Resources District 14-213 Bazile Groundwater Management Area Plan $78,775 $27,775 $0 165 Sandhills Task Force 14-147 Parker Ranch Conservation Easement $240,813 $0 $0 165 Spalding, Village of 14-103 Fishery Restoration on the Cedar River $400,872 $0 $0 165 Sandhills Journey Scenic Byway 14-181 Sandhills Journey Scenic Byway Birding Trail $35,300 $20,300 $20,300 Visitor/Interpretive Center 164 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission 14-224 Nebraska Oak Woodland Alliance $200,000 $200,000 $95,000 164 Ruth Hill Elementary School 14-202 Development of an Outdoor Classroom $22,162 $0 $0 164 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission 14-208 Niobrara Wildlife Management Area $972,500 $0 $0 Acquisition Thursday, April 3, 2014 Page 1 of 10 Rating Sponsor App. No. Project Name Award Intent: Yr.2 Intent: Yr.3 163 NET Foundation for Television, Inc. 14-117 Imagining the Platte $19,868 $31,264 $40,868 163 Rainwater Basin Joint Venture 14-144 Western Rainwater Basin Waterfowl $89,411 $0 $0 Production Areas 163 Sarpy County 14-211 Fueling Sarpy County with Natural Gas $200,000 $200,000 $200,000 162 Lincoln Children's Zoo 14-217 Lincoln Children's Zoo Watershed Quality $70,000 $0 $0 Project 162 Grand Island Area Clean Community System 14-102 Household Hazardous Waste Collection $55,000 $55,000 $55,000 Facility 162 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission 14-223 WILD Nebraska Program $75,000 $90,000 $90,000 162 Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources 14-107 Platte/Missouri River Confluence Ecosystem $800,000 $500,000 $300,000 District Project 162 Nebraska Department of Health and Human 14-206 Nebraska Well Rehabilitation and $355,000 $360,000 $0 Services Decommissioning Project 161 Bassett, City of 14-125 Bassett Fishing Ponds $15,000 $0 $0 161 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission 14-157 Nebraska State Fair Outdoor Encounter $430,000 $0 $0 Center Aquarium 160 Board of Regents, University of Nebraska - 14-158 Nebraska Master Naturalist Program: $87,433 $89,656 $91,947 Lincoln Statewide expansion and specialized training in habitat management 160 Gretna Sanitation, Inc. 14-115 Cass County Project Harvest Cooperative $105,242 $0 $0 159 Little Blue Natural Resources District 14-112 Little Blue Basin Water Management Plan $110,000 $30,000 $0 159 Lower Loup Natural Resources District 14-150 Irrigation Monitoring Program $49,400 $48,050 $57,050 158 Nebraska Clean Cities Coalition 14-156 Nebraska Clean Cities Coalition (NEC3) $12,000 $0 $0 Statewide Outreach and Education Project 157 Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Inc., The 14-101 Nebraska Environmental Public Information $57,200 $57,200 $57,200 and Education MiniGrant Program 156 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission 14-110 Trout in the Classroom $37,034 $45,108 $45,108 156 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission 14-142 Conestoga Reservoir SRA Aquatic Habitat $400,000 $0 $0 Rehabilitation Project 156 Nebraska Cooperative Republican Platte 14-215 Sandhills Prairie Restoration Project $700,000 $0 $0 Enhancement Project (NCORPE) 156 Quail Forever 14-139 Mobile Prescribed Burn Unit & Education $107,700 $0 $0 Outreach 155 Lower Platte North Natural Resources District 14-162 Wahoo Watershed Phase II - Stream $115,000 $0 $0 Restoration Plan for Priority Basins 155 Nebraska State Recycling Association 14-108 Recycling Equipment Grant $265,000 $265,000 $0 Thursday, April 3, 2014 Page 2 of 10 Rating Sponsor App. No. Project Name Award Intent: Yr.2 Intent: Yr.3 155 Lincoln, City of 14-207 Community-Driven Toxics Reduction: A Plan $149,265 $0 $0 for Education & Year Round Access to Safe Disposal 154 University of Nebraska - Omaha - Board of 14-140 Glacier Creek North Conservation Area $425,000 Regents Initiative 153 Pheasants Forever - Oregon Trail Chapter 14-121 No-till Grass Drill $28,000 $0 $0 153 Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources 14-177 Groundwater Monitoring Network Wells $82,000 $0 $0 District 153 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission 14-222 Bobwhite Quail and Pollinators Conservation $100,000 $0 $0 Initiative 153 Pheasants Forever - Dakota/Thurston County 14-122 No-Till Grass Drill $28,000 $0 $0 Chapter 153 Ducks Unlimited, Inc. 14-200 Horse Creek Wetland Restoration Project $35,175 $0 $0 152 Cass County 14-127 Stewardship Council Formation and Launch $35,000 $0 $0 151 Pheasants Forever - Boone County Chapter 14-123 No-Till Grass Drill $28,000 $0 $0 151 Pheasants Forever - Antelope Valley 14-124 No-Till Grass Drill $26,000 $0 $0 151 Southwest Weed Management Area 14-167 Republican River Herbicide Restoration $139,015 $0 $0 151 Ducks Unlimited, Inc. 14-197 County Line Waterfowl Production Area $12,000 $17,360 $0 Roundout 150 Omaha, City of - Public Works Department 14-141 Spring Lake Park Pond Restoration Phase 5 $10,000 $400,000 $0 149 Twin Valley Weed Management Area 14-113 Eastern Republican and Little Blue Riparian $277,146 $0 $0 Improvement Project 149 Ducks Unlimited, Inc. 14-196 Spring Creek Conservation Partnership $0 $0 $0 Phase II 149 South Platte Natural Resources District 14-172 Hydrogeology of Western Nebraska $0 $200,000 $200,000 149 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission 14-226 Sacramento-Wilcox WMA Wetland Project $0 $0 $0 147 Board of Regents, University of Nebraska - 14-136 Developing adaptive prairie management $0 $0 $0 Lincoln using monitoring data 147 Board of Regents, University of Nebraska - 14-160 Collaborative groundwater noble gas $0 $0 $0 Lincoln demonstration and capacity-building project in the Elkhorn Basin 147 Ducks Unlimited, Inc. 14-192 Maxwell South Channel Wetland Restoration $0 $0 $0 147 Central Platte Natural Resources District 14-129 East Loess Canyon Grassland Preservation $0 $0 $0 Project 147 Lincoln/Lancaster County Habitat for 14-135 Lincoln Habitat ReStore $0 $0 $0 Humanity Thursday, April 3, 2014 Page 3 of 10 Rating Sponsor App. No. Project Name Award Intent: Yr.2 Intent: Yr.3 146 Lexington, City of 14-118 Plum Creek Park Lake Restoration Project $0 $0 $0 145 Ducks Unlimited, Inc. 14-198 Heron Waterfowl Production Area Roundout $0 $0 $0 145 Nebraska Department of Roads 14-109 StreamStats Web Tool for Estimating $0 $0 $0 Streamflow Statistics 145 Middle Niobrara Natural Resources District 14-128 North Central Nebraska Eastern Red Cedar $0 $0 $0 and Fire Management 144 Platte River Basin Environments, Inc. 14-201 Weber Property Acquisition $0 $0 $0 144 Board of Regents, University of Nebraska - 14-134 Working with Rural Students to Document $0 $0 $0 Lincoln Swift Fox on Nebraska Ranches 144 Fremont Area Habitat for Humanity 14-138 Habitat HomeStore Building $0 $0 $0 144 Nebraska Trout Unlimited Chapter 710 14-199 Spotted Tail Creek Restoration $0 $0 $0 143 Uribe Refuse Service, Inc. 14-180 Nebraska Organic Waste Resources Project $0 $0 $0 143 Sidney, City of 14-120 East Sidney Watershed Project $0 $0 $0 143 Board of Regents, University of Nebraska - 14-155 Prairie Pine Wetland Program $0 $0 $0 Lincoln 143 Ducks Unlimited, Inc. 14-191 Evaluation of Sandhill Crane and Waterfowl $0 $0 $0 Use through Prioritization and Application 143 Upper Loup Natural Resources District 14-133 Investigating the spatial and temporal $0 $0 $0 characteristics of groundwater discharge in the Loup River Basin 143 Angels on Wheels, Inc 14-165 Cross Training Center Recycling Program $0 $0 $0 142 Board of Regents, University of Nebraska - 14-151 Identifying suitable and vulnerable habitats $0 $0 $0 Lincoln for bats across Nebraska 142 Central Platte Natural Resources District 14-132 Real Time Water Monitoring and Data $0 $0 $0 Analysis for Groundwater Management 142 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission 14-225 Memphis Lake SRA Wetland Restoration $0 $0 $0 141 Pheasants Forever, Inc. 14-116 Habitat Share Partnership $0 $0 $0 141 Board of Regents, University of Nebraska - 14-179 Restoring Ecosystem Function to Grasslands $0 $0 $0 Lincoln Following Removal of Closed Canopy Stands of Eastern Redcedar 141 Friends of The Nebraska 150 14-193 Planning Process for Historic Community $0 $0 $0 Sesquicentennial Environmental and Education Program 140 Elkhorn Logan Valley Public Health 14-148 Be the Solution $0 $0 $0 Department 140 Central Community College 14-130 Holistic Management - Promoting $0 $0 $0 Sustainable Grazing Practices Thursday, April 3, 2014 Page 4 of 10 Rating Sponsor App.
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