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University of Nebraska–Lincoln

School of Natural Resources

Conservation and Survey Division

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Kelli Warren (left) assists Erica Sorensen (right) with sampling well water chemistry as part of her thesis research to understand groundwater flow between the surrounding highlands areas and the alluvial valley salt flats found within eastern Nebraska's saline wetlands (photo by Ed Harvey).

Kelli Warren (left) assists Erica Sorensen (right) with sampling well water chemistry as part of her thesis research to understand groundwater flow between the surrounding highlands areas and the alluvial valley salt flats found within eastern Nebraska's saline wetlands (photo by Ed Harvey).

Kelli Warren (left) collects core from a dune at the Barta Brothers Ranch as part of her thesis research to understand groundwater recharge beneath the Nebraska Sandhills (photo by Ed Harvey).

Kelli Warren (left) collects core from a dune at the Barta Brothers Ranch as part of her thesis research to understand groundwater recharge beneath the Nebraska Sandhills (photo by Ed Harvey).

James Gilbert opens and inspects a core taken at one of the saline wetlands near Lincoln, Nebraska as part of his thesis research to examine groundwater - surface water interaction within the wetlands and it's impact on the federally endangered Salt Creek tiger Beetle (photo by Ed Harvey).

James Gilbert opens and inspects a core taken at one of the saline wetlands near Lincoln, Nebraska as part of his thesis research to examine groundwater - surface water interaction within the wetlands and it's impact on the federally endangered Salt Creek tiger Beetle (photo by Ed Harvey).

Dr. Mark S. Kuzila, Conservation and Survey Director and Head Soil Scientist, works on a soil profile in Washington County, Nebraska.

Dr. Mark S. Kuzila, Conservation and Survey Director and Head Soil Scientist, works on a soil profile in Washington County, Nebraska.