Sharing an article about ticks that ran in today’s edition of the Omaha World-Herald newspaper. I was interviewed by Bob Glissmann who did a nice, thorough job writing it! Here it is: http://www.omaha.com/article/20120410/NEWS01/704109941
From the Farm Service Agency Newsroom: Sign-Up and Re-Enrollment Deadline Extended For CRP General Sign-Up U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Administrator Bruce Nelson today announced that the sign-up deadline for the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) has been extended to April 13, 2012. “Due to strong interest …
Nebraska’s popular spring shotgun wild turkey hunting season occupies center stage on my outdoor television segment and radio program this week. That’s because the spring shotgun turkey opener is this Saturday, April 14th! I don’t know about you but I am sooo pumped up for it! Spring wild turkey hunting is one of my …
This pheasant project update comes to us via our current NG & PC Deputy Director Jim Douglas. Thanks for sharing it, Jim! GW. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (NG & PC) is cooperating with the Nebraska Cooperative Wildlife Research Center and Nebraska Pheasants Forever on some research associated with our Focus on Pheasants …
Helping to get the word out that you can keep only one largemouth bass 21 inches or longer caught from Carter Lake in northeast Omaha. Keep in mind that substantial fines, liquidated damages, etc. will be assessed to those individuals who insist on violating this regulation!
This week, I recorded my monthly radio public service annoucements (PSAs) that I am sharing with you. I covered reasons to spend your staycation in Nebraska this year and what to do to help stop the spread of zebra mussels if you’re a boater. As always, special thanks goes out to the …
Here’s what’s on the air this week with regard to my outdoor broadcasts. After successful morel mushroom hunting adventures today, there’s no doubt that I’ll be covering the harvest of those wild morels along eastern Nebraska river bottoms on my outdoor TV gig. I invite you to tune in on Thursday night, …
A quick note to relay that several NE Game and Parks Hunter Education Classes have been scheduled in the Douglas –Sarpy County Area in the next couple of weeks. Go to www.HuntSafeNebraska.org to get all the info and sign up, don’t wait!
UPDATE: These morel mushrooms were found in the last 24 hours in the moister areas on a Platte River island here in eastern Nebraska! Make certain to get landowner permission before venturing out onto one of these islands!
Yes, we have falcon eggs here in Omaha! There are peregrine falcon eggs on Omaha’s Woodmen Tower building downtown. How exciting! Click the link below to get all the details: http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Falcon_Eggs_Spotted_At_Woodmen_Tower_144709715.html
Greg Wagner serves as the public information officer in the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission's Omaha Office. On a weekly basis, you can catch him with various broadcast, print, social, or electronic media outlets creatively conveying natural resource conservation messages as well as promoting outdoor activities and destinations in Nebraska.