(KLZA)-- The Nemaha Natural Resources District has issued the organizations Annual Report for 2020. 

2021 brings a new General Manager, Kyle Hauschild who began his duties on January 11.  Hauschild replaces Bob Hilske who served as Nemaha NRD General Manager for 18 years before his retirement.  

Serving as Chairman of the Board for 2021 will be Mick McDonald from Palmyra;  Doug Iske from Syracuse will serve as Vice-Chair.  Tim from Hickman will serve as the Secretary-Treasurer.   

Just over three thousand annual park permits were issued in 2020, coupled with two-day permits nearly $50,400 in revenue was generated by the permit sales.  

New playground equipment was erected at Iron Horse Trail Lake near DuBois in June.  The NRD provided $15-thousand toward drainage tile and a berm to protect Kirkman's Lakeview Golf Course from floodwater from Kirkman's Cove Lake.  

The NRD received two grants totaling $55-thousand for debris removal and cleanup on the Steamboat Trace Trail from 2019 floods.  The trail was closed in 2020 and remains closed currently.  A third grant from FEMA in an amount of $240-thousand toward trail repairs was also approved.

The Nemaha NRD also spent more than $164-thousand from the Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Program and NNRD funds to provide 50 percent cost-share for more than 76-thousand feet of terraces,  waterways,  tile and windbreaks.  

The report also included information that due to the ongoing pandemic, the Watershed of Wonders day camp will not be held in 2021.  The program for kids 10 -12 years of age will be planned for 2022.  

The Nemaha NRD Parks,  Kirkman's Cove, Iron Horse Trail Lake and Duck Creek Recreation Area and Wirth Brothers Recreation Area are now open.  A Nemaha NRD park permit is required for entry to the areas.  

You can purchase the permits online or by mail or at the Nemaha NRD Office in Tecumseh.