Protecting Lives, Protecting Property, Protecting the Future
Nebraska is divided into 23 natural resources districts (NRDs), multi-purpose, local units of government established to conserve, protect, develop and manage natural resources. The North Platte NRD comprises Banner, Garden, Morrill, Scotts Bluff and southern Sioux counties in the North Platte Valley in the Nebraska Panhandle. This is a land area of more than 3 million acres with a population of more than 45,000 people and 18 communities (14 incorporated and four unincorporated).