Nature Conservancy works to create water for people, nature
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■ Seminar shows importance of water sources in Nebraska
Preserving the Platte River and the ecosystem around it is one of the projects that the Nature Conservancy has been working toward. News-Register file photo
A new project of the Nature Conservancy works to create better soil health through the process of interseeding covercrops. News-Register file photo
The Nature Conservancy welcomed communities recently to gather online to learn about the importance of water for both nature and people. Helping to share their mission was water and agriculture program manager, Jacob Fritton.
The speaker resides in Gothenburg and began a virtual seminar by telling those in attendance that his family goes back five generations in Nebraska, with his greatgrandfather …