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 …
The rain in Omaha today along with a reminder from my young Son Noah last night has prompted me to firm up permission with my farmer friends and start checking my morel mushroom hunting spots this weekend along the banks of the Elkhorn River. I know it’s a bit early and it’s been …
Lately, our Game and Parks Fisheries Biologists/Technicians – Steve Wilhelm, Joe Cassidy and Dennis Bridge – at the Grove Trout Rearing Station near Royal in northeast Nebraska have been extremely busy stocking some nice, plump, 11.5 inch-plus rainbow trout in various publicly accessible waters. Some of these fish may go 13 …
An important message from Joel Jorgensen in our Game and Parks Wildlife Division with regard to noting Bald Eagle nest information … Read on … Hello Everyone: Bald Eagles continue to increase in Nebraska and already this year 6 new nests have been found. I am making a quick request, particularly to those of us most …
Dear Producer, Open Fields and Waters is an outstanding program that allows you to use your land to provide the public with more places to hunt and fish. And I am pleased to announce that the benefits of being enrolled in the Open Fields and Waters program keep getting better. …
Any of you who enjoy high quality artwork, especially high quality wildlife artwork, should plan to attend the Platte River Art Show next weekend of April 2nd and 3rd, in the Peter Kiewit Lodge at the Eugene T. Mahoney State Park near Ashland. This annual spring art show is billed as “the most prestigious …
I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge the great work being done by the non-profit, all-volunteer Raptor Recovery Nebraska (RRN) organization. At RRN, injured or orphaned raptors or birds of prey, are picked up by volunteers, taken to a specifically designed facility near Elmwood, NE to receive medical treatment, are cared for …
On my weekly TV gig on Omaha’s WOWT-TV/Channel 6, I’m going to feature two large, scenic state parks that families and others can go to on a full tank of gas from the Omaha-metro area. Both are majestic, wilderness-like, forested state parks situated along the Missouri River. The first - Indian …
Don’t miss what I refer to as “A Celebration of Nebraska Deer Hunting” this weekend, the final weekend in March, at Qwest Center Omaha. It’s the Nebraska Big Buck Classic event! This is a specific outdoor trade show highlighting deer and deer hunting in Nebraska. The show’s emphasis is not only on hunting …
This is a reminder to make those spring and summer lodging and camping reservations for the Nebraska State Parklands if you have not done so already. With the onset of warmer, spring-like weather, folks are really thinking ‘parks.’ Hey, don’t forget about the new cabins at Ponca State Park in northeastern Nebraska that are …
Greg's e-mail address: greg.wagner@nebraska.gov
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