Tuesday was an “out roaming”, looking-for-photos day. I drove east through the Sandhills, just a blush of green grass growing where the snow piled heavier this winter. Small groups of mule deer were enjoying the fresh growth. I hiked into the Snake River Canyon below Merritt Reservoir, pretty difficult to …
Hello from the west. Trying to find an inexpensive telephoto lens today is tough — of course it isn’t like the days of old when a telephoto lens for a 35mm film camera would cost about a dollar a millimeter! Well, perhaps I don’t remember that far back as well, …
By: Mike Groenewold, Park Horticulturist A new plant hardiness zone map released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will not only be of interest to gardeners, but anyone planting trees, shrubs or other ornamental plants. Since 1920, the USDA has published a Plant Hardiness Map that divides the country …
By Jon Morgenson The winter months seem to be a good time to consider personal change, including your home landscape. If you are considering a change in your home landscape in the coming New Year to something say easier to care for, something easier on the environment that might save …
by Mike Groenewold Writing last spring, I mentioned Smith Falls State Park near Valentine has easily accessible aspen trees near the highest waterfall in the state, and that a management program is in place to help restore and maintain the aspens at the park. You won’t be disappointed if you …
Revisiting a recent blog, I’ve continued to experiment with in-camera jpeg defaults, using a new set of jpeg defaults recommended by a photo forum author. Not too much drastically changed, but it was fun to see the difference between the in-camera’s jpeg, the really blah raw file when opened in …
LINCOLN, Neb. – Tickets go on sale Nov. 7 for the 17th annual Historical Christmas Dinner at Fort Robinson State Park. The Dec. 3 dinner features the menu from the original Fort Robinson Remount Depot 1946 Christmas dinner. The menu includes roast turkey with cranberry sauce, oyster stew, giblet gravy, …
LINCOLN, Neb. – Join the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission for a trout fishing workshop on Oct. 15 at Bowling Lake in Lincoln and Oct. 16 at Halleck Park Lake in Papillion. Both workshops are from 1-3 p.m. Participants will learn how to catch, clean and cook trout. Rods and …
LINCOLN, Neb. – Hunters may now enter into a lottery to gain deer hunting access to Platte River Recreation Access (PRRA) lands in the central Platte River Valley, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Thirty-two hunters will be chosen from a random drawing in early November and allowed …
Like watching and listening to a Blue-ray of Joe Bonamassa’s performance at the Royal Albert Hall, Nebraska’s Sandhill lakes are as good as it gets! We’ve enjoyed a wonderful summer of perch fishing on several Sandhill Lakes, including the newly-opened Crescent Lake and Blue Lake, as well as Island Lake …
