Every once in a while, maybe even more often than that, my job gives me the chance to do something I’ve never done before. That can be a good thing, like paddling six Nebraska rivers I might not have otherwise floated (yea, it’s a tough job) or patting the Sower …
When I asked my 6-year-old son Mace what he wanted to do for fun Sunday afternoon, he said he wanted to go to the Children’s Museum. “We’ll save that one for a rainy day,” I said. “It’s a beautiful day and we’re outdoor people.” I suggested we go fishing, as …
Brad Cochran of Imperial almost made me and the fisheries biologists I spoke with for NEBRASKAland story this month on the possibility of a new state record walleye coming out of Lake McConaughy this year look pretty smart. Casting a No. 13 floating Rapala from the face of Kingsley Dam …
As I wrote here previously, I came hope wet after my last visit to Langdon Bend WMA after dipping my hip boots while walking across a flooded corn field. I was better prepared this time and brought my heavy, insulated chest waders. But it was good thing I checked the …
We finally saw that orange, glowing orb in the sky Wednesday in Lincoln. I’d almost forgotten what blue sky looked like. After the long, hard winter we’ve had on this end of the state, I’m glad to see it end. And after mostly staring at my computer and pecking away …
I just finished writing a short story titled “Hunting with a Camera” for Trail Tales, a quarterly publication of NEBRASKAland Magazine that’s sent to all of the fourth graders in Nebraska through the Game and Parks Commission’s Project Wild program. Even before you boil it down to a fourth grader’s …
