While our kids fished nearby spring-fed ponds for bass and bluegill in Antelope County on our recent summer vacation to northeastern Nebraska, my wife Polly and I grabbed our river sandals, fishing gear and took to the East Branch of the Verdigre Creek in search of rainbow and brown trout. We passionately enjoy wade-fishing …
…time to get the bow and arrows out – the Rinehart R-100 is officially here!…this weekend (July 10 & 11) at Branched Oak (Area #7) you can fling arrows at 3D targets of animals, aliens and the anything else the folks of Rinehart 3D Targets have dreamed up recently…you can check out …
…gotta tell you about the record my wife and I have been silently working on for some time now…it has to do with camping and it goes way back…since August 2002 (and maybe even slightly before that) my wife and I have camped in three different states and in some very …
…across the nation there is a pretty good push right now to ease restrictions on hunting deer with a crossbow…proof is in the increased magazine articles, TV shows and commercials showcasing this method… …take for example the article “Hunting the Horizontal Way” I read this past weekend in the July 2010 …
Watch Omaha’s WOWT-TV/Channel 6 at 6 p.m. tonight for the weekly outdoor report airing during sports. We at Game and Parks did a neat piece earlier today with sports director Ross Jernstrom on kayaking at Zorinsky Lake in west Omaha. If you miss the broadcast, look for replays of the segment by clicking sports …
Just got back into Omaha and thought I would share some quick pics of the Wagner Family’s fun-filled northeastern Nebraska outdoor vacation. Can’t beat a good old-fashioned Nebraska vacation, especially to Antelope County! You know what was so great about it? Tremendous natural resources, wonderful people and fantastic friends, didn’t cost us much, what …
Just wanna show you how flooding is impacting areas along the Missouri River on our eastern border, especially near Omaha. These photos, courtesy of my good friend Brook Bench at Omaha City Parks, are all of N.P. Dodge Park on the northeastern edge of the city. All areas that we are aware of on …
I have some important information for those of you who like to go boating on Carter Lake in northeast Omaha. Here’s the scenario. Twelve no-wake buoys have been installed in the east arm of the lake. Boaters are required to slow to a 5 m.p.h., no-wake speed in the east arm. Four …
Received an e-mail today from Steve and Jill Evers who own and operate Tank Down the Elkhorn. This is a stock tank float trip outfitter on the Elkhorn River just west and north of Omaha. I thought some of you might be interested in this message. Here’s what it says: After the …
Just wanted to pass along a great tip regarding fireworks, the big fourth of July weekend and our state parklands from our parks division’s Jim Swenson. Jim says: “Hey Greg, why don’t you encourage folks on your blog, that are staying in our parks over the holiday weekend, to seek …
Greg's e-mail address: greg.wagner@nebraska.gov
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