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.
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…
