Above: Jay Bitner, NRD Engineer (left) and Jeff Ball (right) review the target locations to be surveyed for the aerial photogrammetry for Lincoln Creek around Aurora. Below right: Ball collects soils information for a watershed computer model. Photos provided by Upper Big Blue NRD.
Above: Jay Bitner, NRD Engineer (left) and Jeff Ball (right) review the target locations to be surveyed for the aerial photogrammetry for Lincoln Creek around Aurora. Below right: Ball collects soils information for a watershed computer model. Photos provided by Upper Big Blue NRD.
Ball Reflects on 45 Years with NRD
Ball Reflects on 45 Years with NRD
When Jeff Ball retires this summer, he will have reached a career milestone: 45 years of service as a lead engineering technician with the Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District.
This achievement is somewhat unexpected, considering it’s a job he never applied for.
In 1978, Ball pursued a position as a technician with the Soil Conservation Service (which is now the Natural Resources Conservation S…