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Snakes in the Grass – The Prairie Ecologist

What were these garter snakes up to on this fine spring day?  Find out here: http://prairieecologist.com/2012/03/13/its-spring-for-snakes/

Photo of the Week – The Prairie Ecologist

If you live in Nebraska, you should be able to recognize the location of this photo.  Not sure?  Check here:  http://prairieecologist.com/2012/03/09/photo-of-the-week-march-9-2012/

Built for Fish

By Jeff Kurrus In the April edition of Nebraskaland Magazine, readers will have the opportunity to peruse Eric Fowler’s “Built for Fish,” an article on the newly built Lake Wanahoo. Anytime I read a similar story, I am fascinated by the amount of work it takes to accomplish a project …

How Do You Manage a Small Prairie? – The Prairie Ecologist

Managing small prairies is even more difficult than managing large prairies.  Click here to read about the kinds of tough decisions managers have to make… http://prairieecologist.com/2012/03/05/how-should-we-manage-small-prairies/

Photo of the Week – The Prairie Ecologist

Meet Henry – a softshell turtle just a little bigger than a 50 cent piece…  (Do people still know how big that is?) Read more about him and see more photos here: http://prairieecologist.com/2012/03/02/photo-of-the-week-march-2-2012/

Something About Blood and Water

By Jeff Kurrus A few days ago, my cousin Robert Kurrus and two of his friends were killed in a plane crash in Florida. However, I have no idea who he was. I have no idea if he fished, or hunted, or what any of his other personal interests were. …

A Wonderful Winter?

By Jeff Kurrus As far as I am concerned, this winter couldn’t have been any better. Snow, warm weather to melt snow. Rain, warm weather to dry rain. Snow just enough to sled down a few hills. And lots of sunny afternoons. But what does this mean for our natural …

Bob Grier’s from the west: Birds on the Brain.

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, …

Photo of the Week – The Prairie Ecologist

Frost on top of ice on top of cold water.  Read more here: http://prairieecologist.com/2012/02/24/photo-of-the-week-february-24-2012/

Cottonwood Restoration on the Missouri River – The Prairie Ecologist

Read about efforts to restore cottonwood woodlands in flood prone areas: http://prairieecologist.com/2012/02/21/restoring-cottonwoods-to-the-missouri-river-part-1/

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Through Afield and Afloat, the magazine staff hopes to share some of its experiences in Nebraska’s great outdoors (both good and bad!), teach you a little bit about what goes into producing the magazine and offer the occasional photo tip, ideas on where to go and what to do outside, and other random thoughts and ideas as they pop into our brains.

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