Teal View Wetlands formed north of Hampton

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Collaborative wetland project now open to public

  • The Teal View Wetland Education Area has opened five miles north of Hampton and features a protected area for migrating waterfowl.
    The Teal View Wetland Education Area has opened five miles north of Hampton and features a protected area for migrating waterfowl.

    Through the united efforts of the Upper Big Blue Natural Resource District, Ducks Unlimited, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Nebraska Environmental Trust and the Rainwater Basin Joint Venture, Hamilton County will be gaining 39 acres of protected wetland.
    Named the Teal View Wetland Education Area, this area is located five miles north of Hampton and a quarter mile east on 19 Road.
    The goal of this project was to protect and make available to the public a wetland in Hamilton County, voiced Chrystal Houston, public relations manager for the Upper Big Blue NRD.
    “It was purchased by Ducks Unlimited and then it was restored,” she said. “It was done by Ducks Unlimited and also the Rain Water Basin Joint Venture. Then it was gifted to the Upper Big Blue NRD for management.”
    She was joined by Jack Wergin, project department manager at the Upper Big Blue and Andy Bishop, Rainwater Basin Joint Venture coordinator.

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