UNL Extension Resources

Protect Water Quality and Resources

Know how to safely manage potential contaminants to protect water quality. Learn how to efficiently manage water resources.

• Crop production
• Drinking Water
• Lakes/Ponds/Streams
• Lawns and Landscapes including Irrigation
• Livestock Manure Management
• Property Design and Management
• Wastewater - Domestic Sewage
• Watersheds
• Well and Wellhead Management

Efficient Water Use for Agricultural Irrigation

Extension educational programs can help you learn to conserve water with implementation of new technologies, increased efficiency of current water use, and adoption of cropping systems more tolerant of drought or limited water conditions.

• Irrigation Systems
     • Agricultural Water Management Demonstration Network
• High Plains Regional Climate Center
  information on soil moisture status, evapotranspiration, and more
• National Drought Mitigation Center

Environmental Management for Wildlife and Plant Diversity

Our educational programs encourage locally based partnerships and application of research-based information for addressing issues related to management of eco-systems to sustain diversity of animal and plant species.

• Center for Grassland Studies
• Urban Lakes, UNL Extension in Douglas/Sarpy Counties
• Wildlife Damage Management, eXtension.org

Pesticide Management

Use our educational programs to know more about integrated pest management (IPM), recycling agricultural pesticide containers, and proper pesticide handling, storage and application techniques.

• Pesticide Safety Education Programs
     • Pesticide Container Recycling Program
• Weed Science
• High Plains Integrated Pest Management Guide
  Western Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and Western South Dakota
• Nutrient and Pesticide Management, Heartland Regional Water Coordination Initiative
  Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri

Bioenergy - Renewable Alternatives

UNL Extension targets bioenergy opportunities for Nebraska, utilization of feed co-products from ethanol production, and sustainable cropping systems to supply a bio-energy industry.

• Bioenergy, UNL Extension Ethanol and Biodiesel Workgroup
• Nebraska Center for Energy Sciences