The arrival of May means that for rural Nebraska landowners it’s time to start thinking about planting wildlife food plots. As my good friend and fellow conservationist Pete Berthelsen, Biologist at Nebraska Pheasants Forever, puts it: “When planting wildlife food plots in the spring, there are some critical things to know such as always putting …
A quick blog to let you know what’s happening with regard to my broadcast media work. First off, don’t miss the special feature I’m gonna do this Thursday night with my Weekly Outdoor Report airing on Omaha’s WOWT-TV/Channel 6 during the 6 p.m. sports segment with my buddy Ross Jernstrom on the Grove Trout Rearing …
The new Lawrence Youngman Lake (Papio Dam Site #13) just northwest of 192nd & West Dodge Road in west Omaha opens to fishing this Sunday, May 1st! Here’s an aerial photo of the new 60-acre lake stocked with largemouth bass, bluegill and channel catfish. Go here to find out fishing regulations for …
Just got off the phone with our local conservation officer Jeff Clauson based out of Waterloo, NE who tells me that he is receiving a lot of trespassing complaints from landowners regarding morel mushroom hunters. Jeff says these illegal morel pickers are risking a citation that runs $248 ( fines and court costs) …
Yep, the morel mushroom harvest season is officially underway here in Nebraska, woo-hoo! A buddy of mine found about a dozen 2-4 inch morel mushrooms in the green grass of the Elkhorn River bottom woodlands near Waterloo, NE yesterday afternoon. We have good soil moisture right now, but could use some warmer temps and sunshine, …
With Earth Day fast approaching on Friday, April 22, I am ‘planting a seed’ in all of you regarding natural resource stewardship from my friend and conservation compatriot Teeg Stouffer, Executive Director of the nonprofit Recycled Fish organization based out of Nebraska City (www.recycledfish.org). His e-mail note and subsequent website visit caused me to stop and reflect …
Then please read this news release reminder … Tree Stands on WMAs Must Come Down LINCOLN, Neb. – Hunters, especially those at Two Rivers, are advised to retrieve any tree stands they still have up on wildlife management areas. If they do not take them down, the Nebraska Game and …
Did you get one? I did yesterday at home – a tick pick kit (that’s what I call it at least) to take with me on my Nebraska turkey hunt this spring. You know, white-tailed deer are an important host for the tick, but wild turkeys may also be infested. Our friends at …
Sharing a news release just received from our friends at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge near Blair, NE … Read onward … DESOTO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE OPENS FOR SPRING/SUMMER PUBLIC USE SEASON ON APRIL 15th! Missouri Valley, Iowa -DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) begins its fishing, …
Don’t miss veteran spring turkey hunter, turkey call maker extraordinaire, accomplished woodsman and humorist Dick Turpin of Lincoln when he joins me this Saturday morning, April 16th on my Great Outdoor Radio Show in Omaha. Dick has hunted turkeys here in the Cornhusker State since the 1960s. I’ll promise you that there will be no …
Greg's e-mail address: greg.wagner@nebraska.gov
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