Nebraska Bird Partnership

Sen. Annette Dubas and Sen. Kate Sullivan say Nebraska has little impact on an upcoming federal decision to build the Keystone XL pipeline.  "It's a federal project, so we (state government) don't really have any oversight," Dubas said.

The biggest concerns Nebraskans have voiced is the effect the pipeline could have on the Ogallala Aquifer, and in turn on the Platte and Niobrara Rivers and Nebraska Sandhills.

Read more about the Keystone XL pipeline project from the Grand Island Independent.