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1 Rank Order List: Year 2005 Final Awards Rating Sponsor App. No. Name Award Intent: Yr.2 Intent: Yr CLEAR Team Community Lakes Enhancement and $450,000 $300,000 $300,000 Restoration (CLEAR) Program 190 Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources Missouri River Wetlands Reserve $500,000 $0 $0 Enhancement Program 185 Lincoln, City of Eastern Saline Wetlands 2005 $400,000 $250,000 $150, Joslyn Castle Institute for Sustainable Nebraska/Iowa Metroplex Indicators $69,450 $67,713 $77,064 Communities Conference (N/I MIC) 159 WasteCap of Lincoln Universal Waste Recycling Outreach $40,000 $40,000 $40, Keep Omaha Beautiful, Inc R Stormwater Education/Cleanup $2,000 $0 $0 157 Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory Prairie Partners Grassland Bird Research, $66,240 $91,350 $69,080 Outreach, and Conservation 155 Great Plains District, Longs Peak Council, R Fort Robinson Tree Replant $15,000 $0 $0 Boy Scouts of America 155 Nebraska Agri-Business Association, Inc Disposal of Unwanted Pesticides in $83,333 $83,334 $83, Ducks Unlimited, Inc The Pintail Initiative: A Race Against Time $350,000 $250,000 $250, Nemaha Natural Resources District Iron Horse Trail Lake Watershed Mgt. Plan, $50,000 $150,000 $50,000 Implementation of Best Management 152 Nebraska Corn Development, Utilization and Reduction of Non-Point Pollution of Water Marketing Board and Land From Phosphorus, Through $15,000 $15,000 $0 Improved Nutrient Management of 152 Nebraska Partnership for All-Bird R Birding Trails $7,300 $0 $0 150 Lower Big Blue Natural Resources District Swan 5 Watershed Improvement $150,000 $100,000 $25, Nebraska Tallgrass Prairie Partnership Tallgrass Prairie Conservation on Private $225,000 $0 $0 150 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Nebraska Natural Legacy - $75,000 $100,000 $75,000 Implementation (Phase IIa) 149 Center for Rural Affairs A Management Alternative to Agriculture $26,000 $26,000 $26,000 Chemicals 148 Nebraska Department of Natural Resources Nebraska Augmentation Program for USDA $30,000 $0 $0 Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Efforts 148 Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership Common Sense Conservation of $42,030 $88,642 $91,841 Endangered Species 148 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Wildlife Habitat Improvement Through $100,000 $0 $0 Prescribed Grazing: A Private/Public Partnership Thursday, April 7, 2005 Page 1 of 5

2 147 Groundwater Foundation, The Planting Nebraska SEEDs (Science, $66,781 $62,121 $0 Environment, Education and Discoveries) 142 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Kruml Tract - Addition to Metcalf WMA $73,500 $0 $0 141 Buckboard Ranch Restoring Ditched Portion of Birdwood Creek $37,000 $0 $0 141 Pheasants Forever - Bazile Creek R No-till Drill $15,000 $0 $0 141 Pheasants Forever - Cedar River Ringnecks R No-Till Drill $15,000 $0 $0 Chapter 141 Pheasants Forever - Burt County R No-Till Drill $15,000 $0 $0 141 Pheasants Forever - Rock Creek Chapter R No-Till Drill $15,000 $0 $0 141 Pheasants Forever - Cornhusker Chapter R No-Till Drill $15,000 $0 $0 141 Pheasants Forever - Elkhorn Valley Chapter R No-Till Drill $15,000 $0 $0 141 Lower Loup Natural Resources District R No-Till Drill $8,400 $0 $0 141 Keep Nebraska Beautiful Nebraska Household Hazardous Waste $77,750 $0 $0 Collection Program Pilot 139 University of Nebraska - Lincoln Habitat and Water Conservation Education $36,367 $36,367 $36, Kearney, City of Heritage Park Environmental Resource $200,000 $200,000 $0 137 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission R Prescribed Burn Equipment for Use on $13,870 $0 $0 Private Lands 136 Niobrara Council Niobrara National Scenic River $250,000 $0 $0 Conservation Easement 133 Nebraska Department of Agriculture Nebraska Noxious and Invasive Weed $83,333 $83,333 $83, Upper Elkhorn Natural Resources District East Branch Verdigre Creek Watershed $20,000 $0 $0 130 Northern Prairies Land Trust Lewis and Clark Old Baldy Site Preservation $110,000 $0 $0 130 Nebraska State Recycling Association Recycling Equipment Grant Coordination $200,000 $200,000 $0 129 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Missouri River Wetland Restoration at $200,000 $0 $0 Ponca State Park and Elk Point Bend WMA 128 Sandhills Task Force Sandhill Riparian/Wetland Conservation $250,000 $0 $0 128 Audubon Nebraska Protection of Critical Habitat on the Platte $375,000 $0 $0 128 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Statewide Grassland Enhancement $275,000 $0 $0 127 Running Water Ranching Coalition R Forming an Upper Niobrara River Coalition $15,000 $0 $0 125 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Riparian Forest, Grassland and Wetland $50,000 $0 $0 Habitat Restoration 124 Folsom Children's Zoo & Botanical Gardens My Backyard $35,000 $0 $0 121 Central Platte Natural Resources District Development of a Conjunctive Water $0 $0 $0 Management Plan for Parts of the Central Platte Valley 120 Upper Niobrara - White Natural Resources Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and $0 $0 $0 District Information Network (NeRain) Expansion Thursday, April 7, 2005 Page 2 of 5

3 120 Central Nebraska Public Power & Irrigation Surface Water Conservation and Efficiency $0 $0 $0 District Improvement 117 Chadron State College Nebraska Statewide Plant Database $0 $0 $0 115 Southern Illinois University - Dept. of Plant Demonstration of carbon sequestration and $0 $0 $0 Biology diversity enhancement in Nebraska CRP 111 Sargent Irrigation District Restoration of Middle Loup River/Fishway $0 $0 $0 110 S & D Metal Recycling Recycling Equipment for S & D Metal $0 $0 $0 107 Little Blue Natural Resources District Flow Meter Incentive Program $0 $0 $0 106 Bush Island Inc Restoration and conservation of a Platte $0 $0 $0 River wet-meadow on Bush Island 104 Creighton, City of Purchase Real Estate for Recycling Site $0 $0 $0 104 Western Irrigation District South Platte River Basin Water Use $0 $0 $0 Improvements 103 North Platte Natural Resources District Aerial Geophysical Survey of Selected $0 $0 $0 Panhandle Aquifers 103 American Soil Technologies, Inc Stop Nitrate Leaching into our Water Tables $0 $0 $0 103 Nebraska State Irrigation Association Irrigation Water Use Improvement $0 $0 $0 103 Nebraska Department of Agriculture R Evaluation of Water Conservation Methods $0 $0 $0 for Production Agriculture 102 Nebraska Wildlife Federation Native Tallgrass Prairie Surveys and $0 $0 $0 Assessment 101 Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District Irrigation Water Management Improvement $0 $0 $0 101 South Central Nebraska Resource PACE Outreach $0 $0 $0 Conservation and Development Council 99 Organic Nutrient Solutions, Inc Manure Composting - Solution to an $0 $0 $0 Environmental Problem 99 Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District Evaluation of Surface Water/Ground Water $0 $0 $0 Interactions in the Elkhorn River Basin 98 Tetra Tech EM Inc Nebraska Hospitals for a Healthy $0 $0 $0 Environment (NE H2E) 97 Kings Recycling Enterprise, LLC Plastic Processing Equipment $0 $0 $0 94 Lower Platte South Natural Resources R Lower Platte River Awareness Educational $0 $0 $0 94 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission R Plains Topminnow Research and Education $0 $0 $0 Facility at the Center for Wildlife Studies 90 Ericson Lake Corporation Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration $0 $0 $0 89 The Nature Conservancy Platte River Habitat, Wetland Restoration, $0 $0 $0 and Outreach 89 Lower Platte South Natural Resources R Determination of the Environmental $0 $0 $0 Carrying Capacity within the Lower Platte Thursday, April 7, 2005 Page 3 of 5

4 86 Mosaic-Omaha Recycling Program $0 $0 $0 85 Bostwick Irrigation District in Nebraska Lower Republican River Water Savings $0 $0 $0 Enhancements 84 University of Nebraska - Lincoln Remedial Activities at the Agricultural $0 $0 $0 Research and Development Center (ARDC) - Mead, NE 84 Regent Heights Homeowners Association of Regent Heights Water Quality and Out Area $0 $0 $0 Lincoln, NE Development 83 Wachiska Audubon Society R Four-County Tallgrass Prairie Inventory $0 $0 $0 68 Prairie Plains Resource Institute The PlatteMobiles - School Buses for $0 $0 $0 Education and Natural Resource Touring 65 Meadowlark Estates Homeowners R Sand-Pit Lake Water Quality Restoration $0 $0 $0 and Preservation Thru Lake Aeration 59 Dakota County Weed Department R Eradication of Noxious Weeds $0 $0 $0 - The Nature Conservancy Middle Niobrara River Conservation $100,000 $0 $0 - Lincoln, City of Holmes Lake Restoration $220,000 $0 $0 - South Platte Natural Resources District Center Pivot Conversion Incentive Program $100,000 $0 $0 - Kleager, Dr. Lou Chadron Creek Ranch $400,000 $0 $0 - South Platte Natural Resources District Evaluation of Source Water Near Sidney $42,000 $0 $0 - Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Nebraska Central Basins Resource Area $100,000 $0 $0 - Fontenelle Nature Association H2Omaha: Missouri River Science $10,000 $0 $0 Educational Initiative - Platte River Basin Environments, Inc Bead Mountain Ranch $300,000 $0 $0 - Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Nebraska Aquatic Habitat Rehabilitation $500,000 $0 $0 Initiative - Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Platte River Wet-Meadow Restoration and $35,000 $0 $0 Management - Nebraska Game and Parks Commission WILD Nebraska Program $100,000 $100,000 $0 - Nebraska Game and Parks Commission An Integrated Public and Private Lands $50,000 $0 $0 Approach to Tallgrass Prairie Conservation - Sandhills Task Force Sandhill Riparian and Wetland Restoration $93,000 $93,000 $0 - Lincoln, City of Pioneers Park Prairie $203,000 $0 $0 - Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Platte River Least Tern and Piping Plover $20,000 $20,000 $0 Trust, Inc. Sandbar Nesting Habitat Restoration - The Groundwater Foundation Blue River Basin Community Protection $49,927 $0 $0 Program - Central Platte Natural Resources District Prescribed Burn Mobile Fire Crew $40,000 $40,000 $0 - Center for Rural Affairs Building the Base: Carbon Sequestration in $55,371 $0 $0 Nebraska Thursday, April 7, 2005 Page 4 of 5

5 - Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Lake McConaughy Water Interpretive $125,360 $47,699 $0 Center Exhibits - Nebraska Department of Environmental State Cost Share for Cleanup Activities at $458,333 $318,334 $0 Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) Sites in Nebraska - Bellevue, City of Bellevue's Missouri Riverfront Preservation $200,000 $0 $0 (BMRPP) - Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Protection of Environmentally Important $350,000 $350,000 $0 Educational Lands - University of Nebraska - Cooperative Urban Lead and Water Quality Protection $22,333 $22,333 $0 - Pheasants Forever, Inc Corners for Wildlife $150,000 $300,000 $0 - Prairie Land RC&D Council Shell Creek Watershed Improvement $85,000 $85,000 $0 - Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory Nebraska Shortgrass Prairie Partnership $73,641 $77,573 $0 ** Sandhills Task Force Birdwood Creek Resoration $0 $0 $0 Grand Totals: $9,046, $3,597, $1,357, carried over rated in previous year(s) ** Application Withdrawn Thursday, April 7, 2005 Page 5 of 5

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