The Power of Ice: When Spring Comes to the River Spring ice jams can cause flash floods that move at speeds over 22 mph—that’s probably faster than you can run. Gloria Bucco Mar 14, 2018
Prairie Citizen: A New Forum for Great Plains Writing Join Prairie Citizen and contribute to a robust and lively forum presenting ideas about nature, community, and life in the grasslands. Cris Trautner Feb 9, 2018
The Country School Christmas Program The last part of November was preparation time for the big Christmas program at my country school. Ernest Rousek Dec 25, 2017
A One-Room Schoolhouse on the Prairie Grandpa looked at the shattered corn leaves. “This is hail country. We don’t want to settle here,” he stated in his native Czech. He was in the North Loup Valley in the early 1880s, looking for a suitable place to homestead. Ernest Rousek Dec 18, 2017
Loren Eiseley: Naturalist and Modern Shaman Now, more than ever, Eiseley’s message about humankind’s relationship to the environment is relevant in light of global warming, pollution, population growth, and resource depletion. Deborah Derrick Dec 8, 2017
Norris Alfred: Jobs and Satisfactory Living We take issue with the assertion that having a “job” is the prime reason for living. Norris Alfred Nov 30, 2017
The Naked Naturalist It’s true that “naturalist” sounds like “naturist” (nudists who believe clothing is a barrier to the natural world), but in this case, no clothes were removed. Jack Phillips Oct 20, 2021
Feya Candle: Building Our Own Company Nebraska business Feya Candle is successful and gives back with every sale, but the path began “out of a heaping pile of failure.” Sarah Spitsen Jun 13, 2019
Soundscapes There was a time, before industrialization and modern technology, when the only sounds heard outside of cities were from nature. Elizabeth Mack Jun 6, 2019
The Pawnee Reclaim Their Sacred Corn and Sacred History In 1998, the Pawnee began to revive their tribal culture, and an important part of that was finding and preserving traditional Pawnee corn seed. Gloria Bucco Mar 18, 2019
