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1. Article · Aug 24, 2026 · By Gary Stone, Nebraska Extension Educator

   Nebraska Extension helps mitigate invasive cheatgrass in Nebraska rangeland (opens the original)

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   Western Nebraska ranchers and land managers face major challenges with invasive grasses invading the rangeland and Pine Ridge. Estimates of over 20 percent, or approximately 2.3 million acres, of the Nebraska Panhandle alone are infested with invasive grasses, predominantly cheatgrass. In addition to impacting the environment and native forb and grass forage production for livestock, cheatgrass poses an extreme fire hazard when mature. Nebraska Extension educators and specialists, in cooperation

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2. Article · Jul 16, 2026 · By Gary Stone, Extension Water & Cropping Systems Educator; Jessica Groskopf, Extension Agricultural Economics Educator; John Thomas, Extension Water

   Update on the 2019 tunnel collapse and canal breach — tunnel No. 2 inlet and outlet (opens the original)

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   The first stage of replacing Tunnel No. 2 on the Goshen/Gering-Fort Laramie Canal has been completed. The stage of construction was on the inlet and outlets of Tunnel No. 2 to facilitate the actual removal/replacement of the tunnel, which is scheduled to commence the fall of 2026. This fall, the purpose built digger shield/boring machine will be assembled on site and start work on the outlet end of the tunnel, progressing up the tunnel to the inlet. The old tunnel will be bored out to a larger s

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