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A group of researchers from Montana State University, Colorado State University, Kansas State University, and North Dakota State University are being led by the University of Nebraska- Lincoln (UNL) and the USDA- Agriculture Research Service (ARS) to improve the understanding of producers’ needs considering the threat posed by the wheat stem sawfly.The “Great Plains Sawfly Survey Project” is the first step in a combined effort to manage the wheat pest.

Unlimited quota deer, antelope permits available starting July 10

LINCOLN—Water quantity and quality is critical to cattle health and performance. Hot weather and drought conditions can impact both water quality and quantity for cattle.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission is inviting the public to participate in its annual summer turkey survey July 1-Aug. 31.

Two Nebraska efforts aimed at grassland and wildlife conservation through conservation assistance for farmers, ranchers and tribes will benefit from a financial boost recently announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

June 26

COUNTY June 14, 2023 Civil

Bridgeport, Nebraska Tuesday, June 27, 2023 The Morrill County Board of Commissioners met in an open and public regular meeting at 7:30 A.M., Tuesday, June 27, 2023 in the Commissioners’ room at the Courthouse. Chairperson Metz announced that the Open Meetings Law was posted on wall of the Commissioners’ room. The meeting opened with the Pledge of Allegiance. Notice of such meeting having been published in the Bridgeport News-Blade and the Transcript Gate LLC, on June 22, 2023. Copies of the Agenda, kept continuously current, were available from the County Clerk’s office and were e-mailed to each of the Commissioners on June 22, 2023. On roll call Commissioners Jeff Metz, Chairman, Susanna Batterman and Josh Schmidt were present. Absent: None. Some of the Elected and appointed Officials were also present. Kathleen L. Brandt, County Clerk, recorded the proceedings of the meeting.

GERING—“ Picture making was…a kind of inheritance; but never, even in my wildest boyhood imagination, did I dream that the desire to sketch and paint pictures would carry me finally into every part of our country and over most of the world.”

West Nebraska Arts Center, with the support of the Nebraska Arts Council, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, and the National Endowment for the Arts is pleased to present two new exhibits this summer, as well as a series of creative arts classes.