Nebraska Bird Partnership

The Nebraska Supreme Court is expected to decide whether to scrap state-mandated restrictions that have kept a long stretch of the Niobrara River basin off-limits to new irrigation development for more than two years.  On Thursday, state attorneys will square off before the high court against four natural resources districts in a significant test of how the state decides whether river basins are able to withstand more irrigation without hurting existing water users.

Read more about the Niobrara arguments from the Omaha World-Herald.