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Louisville, Nebraska Ice Jam, 1882

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

Gloria Bucco

Mar 14, 2018

Grassland

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

Ernest and Edward Rousek, December 25, 1937

The Country School Christmas Program

The last part of November was preparation time for the big Christmas program at my country school.

Ernest Rousek

Ernest Rousek

Dec 25, 2017

One-room schoolhouse in Seward County, Nebraska

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

Ernest Rousek

Dec 18, 2017

Loren Eiseley and the South Party

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

Deborah Derrick

Dec 8, 2017

Norris Alfred at his press

Norris Alfred: Jobs and Satisfactory Living

We take issue with the assertion that having a “job” is the prime reason for living.

Norris Alfred

Norris Alfred

Nov 30, 2017

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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

Jack Phillips

Oct 20, 2021

Sarah Spitsen at Feya Candle's packing party

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

Sarah Spitsen

Jun 13, 2019

Man with mobile phone in front of wind turbines

Soundscapes

There was a time, before industrialization and modern technology, when the only sounds heard outside of cities were from nature.

Elizabeth Mack

Elizabeth Mack

Jun 6, 2019

Spring Creek Prairie by Melissa Borman

At Spring Creek Prairie

A poem.

Charelene Neely by Marc Longbrake Photography

Charlene Neely

Apr 1, 2019

Road with streetlights

So This Is What It Has Come To?

A poem.

Charelene Neely by Marc Longbrake Photography

Charlene Neely

Mar 25, 2019

Pawnee Eagle Corn, Prairie Fire and Ken Bouc/NEBRASKAland Magazine

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

Gloria Bucco

Mar 18, 2019

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