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@NeFSMA board member Kellan Strauch, with the USGS, talking about the monitoring of a green infrastructure project as part if the 2019 Stormwater tour in Omaha.

Dan Lillis @KearneySWMP talks about Kearney EPA Audit Compliance Procedure at @NeFSMA 11th Annual Conference.

"Thinking beyond just green, green infrastructure aesthetic & resiliency" is what John Royster with Big Muddy Workshop is talking about at the @NeFSMA 11th Annual Conference.

Bob Henrickson with @NEarboretum talking about sedges at the @NeFSMA 11th Annual Conference stormwater management session.

What do water resources engineers do on a rainy day? Go watch water flow!

Our final speaker at the @NeFSMA 2019 Western Nebraska Seminar is Jason Farnsworth with PRRIP. "The Platte River Basin: Past, Present and Future" presentation gave our attendees a great overview of the entire basin from the Rocky Mountains to central Nebraska.

Stefan Schaepe with @NebraskaDNR introduces Carey Grell, @NEGameandParks, presenting at the @NeFSMA 2019 Western Nebraska Seminar. Her talk on "Endangered Species Determination - an Easy Thing in Nebraska" aids in reviewing impacts of floodplain projects on endangered species.

Tim Gokie with @NebraskaDNR talking about "The Killers on Our Rivers, Public Safety Around Hydraulic Structures" at day two of the @NeFSMA 2019 Western Nebraska Seminar.

Thomas Aldmeyer with @OmahaUSACE presenting at the @NeFSMA 2019 Western Nebraska Seminar. He is telling our group about the construction of Fort Peck dam in Montana. Fort Peck dam was built about the same time and used same hydraulic fill method as Kingsley Dam.

John Callen with @JEOinc and current @NeFSMA chair kicks off day 2 of the 2019 Western Nebraska Seminar.

Grant Garner with @NEGameandParks talks about the Game and Parks management of all the activities at Lake McConaughy. The 2nd evening presentation at the @NeFSMA 2019 Western Nebraska Seminar.

Nate Nielson with @cnppid gave our group a great tour of the Kingsley Dam, including a tour inside the hydroelectric power plant, as part of the @NeFSMA 2019 Western Nebraska Seminar. Thank you Nate.

Mike Drain with @cnppid speaking at the @NeFSMA Western Nebraska Seminar. His presentation was on Kingsley Dam and Lake McConaughy in Ogallala Nebraska on Thursday night.

@NeFSMA Western Nebraska Seminar begins with attendees watching a video on the history of Kingsley dam at visitors center.

Nate Hartman practicing for the after the @NeFSMA Western Nebraska Seminar May 2 and May 3. Lake McConaughy in the background.

The final green infrastructure piece of Missouri Avenue/Spring Lake Park CSO project in Omaha omahacso.com/greensolutions… became active on April 6, 2019. On the South Side of "F" Street... facebook.com/commonsensewre…

The final green infrastructure conveyance of the Spring Lake Park project @OmahaStormwater became active on April 6,. For decades, "spring" water had been going into the combined sewer south of "F". Last 300 feet of over 2500 feet of grey to green conveyance system is in place.

Heard a comment watching the KETV flood special. Paraphrasing - Raised levees to be above 2011 flood on @Missouri_Floods thinking was worst event ever. There's always a probability an event will be exceeded. Reason do a PMP for dams. Time for PMP check for flood control?

Was reading the article in the Omaha World Herald about the levees around Offutt Air Base and one of the statements in the article caught me attention. To set up what I retyped from the article, there is a lead in... facebook.com/commonsensewre…