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A Week With Entomologists – The Prairie Ecologist

Read my initial impressions from spending a week with a couple entomologists last week.  It was an interesting and thought provoking week, to be sure: http://prairieecologist.com/2012/07/16/first-impressions-from-my-insect-week/

I Need a Squirrel Hunter

Nowadays squirrel hunters are often hard to come by, but I’m looking for one for a Nebraskaland Magazine story. So if anyone out there knows a hunter who wouldn’t mind a photographer tagging along during a hunt in Nebraska, email me at Jeff.kurrus@nebraska.gov. Thanks, JK

Crete Mills of Crete, Nebraska – Nebraska State Historical Society

Posted by Dominique Worthing What began as a small water powered sawmill in the late 1800s is still around today. The Nebraska State Historical Society recounts the many changes made to the Crete Mills over the years. See more here: http://blog.nebraskahistory.org/?p=4279

Let Freedom Ring: The Liberty Bell in Nebraska – Nebraska State Historical Society

Posted by Dominique Worthing In July, 1915 the Liberty Bell visited Lincoln, NE. Between 1885 and 1915 the Liberty Bell visited many celebrations across America. While traveling to the Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, the Liberty Bell made several stops in Nebraska, including Omaha, Lincoln, Plattsmouth, Hastings, McCook, and Fairmount. …

A Pretty Good Day

Morning- fishing in Omaha (many, many choices). Afternoon- Mahoney SP waterpark. Evening- Dinner and Jazz on the Green in July and August. Night- Cabin at Mahoney. A pretty solid day I say.

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A Papio D-4 largemouth from Tuesday.

The Ruins along Highway 2 – Nebraska State Historical Society

Posted by Dominique Worthing A trip down Highway 2 through the Sandhills will take you past the once booming town of Antioch, NE. During WWI Antioch was an industrial center for the creation of Potash, a potassium compound that was usually imported from Germany. When deposits were found in Sandhill …

Greetings from War Axe

I just left the water of War Axe SRA after a search for smallmouth bass. While I had a couple of strikes I caught no fish. The lake is about four feet low. And while I didn’t catch fish there are still fish to be caught. Take a young one …

Magazine Planning

By Jeff Kurrus Every six months, the staff of Nebraskaland Magazine sits down for a no-holds-barred meeting to share, reject, and accept ideas for future magazine stories. The days are long, and sometimes tedious, but the end result (which isn’t seen for many more months by you, our readers) is …

Indian Cave SP in Backpacker Magazine

Posted by Dan Farnsworth Backpacker Magazine – Nebraska’s Indian Cave Here, David McDermott of Backpacker Magazine offers a great portrait of a hiking trip through Indian Cave State Park. Enjoy!

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