As long as rain falls and snow melts, floods will occur. Nebraska’s Natural Resources Districts work with landowners and other agencies to minimize the damages that floods cause. Utilizing flood plain management measures, the NRDs help protect people and property from flood damage by designing and building dams, levees, dikes, drainage ditches, and other structures to keep flood waters from taking lives or damaging crops, buildings or roads.
Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations (WFPO) Program
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) facilitates the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations (WFPO) Program. This program provides technical and financial assistance to states, local governments, and tribal organizations to help plan and implement watershed projects that address critical water-related issues.