Hey Everybody— Ponca State Park is currently 10th place in the nation for the Coca-Cola “live positively” grant! It’s the second year for this favorite park competition – last year Bear Head Lake State Park was the winner of a $100,000 grant from Coca-Cola. This year Coca-Cola will honor …
Public May Comment on Waterfowl Recommendations LINCOLN, Neb. – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission invites the public to comment on its 2011 waterfowl hunting season recommendations. People may provide feedback by sending an e-mail to ngpc.input@nebraska.gov, attending a public informational meeting, or attending the public hearing at …
Don’t miss our Game and Parks own fish/fishing guru, Fisheries Biologist and Outreach Coordinator, Daryl Bauer when he joins me – Greg Wagner – to talk summer fishing on my Great Outdoor Radio Show this Saturday morning, July 16th. The program airs live from 9-10 a.m. Central Time on Omaha’s …
Come join the fun with me and my friend Ross Jernstrom, the WOWT-TV/Channel 6 Sports Director in Omaha, when we broadcast our Weekly Outdoor Report on the station live with you and your family at the big Family Fishing Night event, Wednesday, July 13th at 6 p.m., at Halleck Park Lake in Papillion. Halleck Park is located just a quarter mile …
A note to share from Jane Gustafson of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s Marketing Team in Lincoln. We at Game and Parks have teamed up with the North Platte Telegraph newspaper to sponsor an online fishing photo contest for the fun of it! I would encourage any of you to submit your fish/fishing-related photos …
Don’t miss the “Snake Man” – my good friend and U.N.L. Professor of Herpetology Dennis Ferraro – when he brings many of Nebraska’s 29 different species of snakes to the Ak-sar-ben Aquarium/Outdoor Education Center at Schramm Park State Recreation Area on July 23rd and 24th from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. Learn about …
It might seem like it is a real strange time of year to be thinking about deer hunting amid these dog days of summer, but actually it’s not! Because, beginning next Monday, July 11th at 1 p.m. Central Time, your 2011 Nebraska deer hunting permits can be purchased whether you’re a resident or a …
Just a note to remind you that the three big state parks sitting ‘high and dry’ in the hills above the flooded Missouri River – Niobrara, Ponca and Indian Cave – all remain accessible to you and are open for business! Each park offers spectacular views of the flood waters such …
With the Missouri River completely off limits, I am receiving quite a few phone calls, e-mails, etc. about where a person could do some pleasure boating, water skiing, personal watercraft operation, etc. near Omaha. For recreational boating, these would be the state recreation area lakes/reservoirs nearest to the metro for you to check out: …
Just sharing a link to an informative article done by my friend David Hendee that ran in the Omaha World-Herald newspaper yesterday on the status of various Nebraska rivers and parks for outdoor recreation. Give it a read: http://www.omaha.com/article/20110625/SPORTS07/706259832/-1#hendee-many-rivers-fine-for-recreation Here’s a link for complete details about our river water trails in Nebraska: http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/trails/WaterTrails/water.asp Wear your life jacket, enjoy your …
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