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Bison at Ft. Robinson

Looking for Writers!

We’re looking for writers!

Cris Trautner

Oct 6, 2017

Antipipeline sign

Stumbling into the Anthropocene

Some of the smartest people in the world using some of the most powerful computers ever made are sure the planet’s climate is changing, and changing rapidly. And they’re sure that we humans are to blame.

Tom Lynch

Tom Lynch

Oct 5, 2017

Sunset in Melrose, Nebraska

Happy Birthday, Nebraska

150 years and countless reasons to celebrate.

Paul Johnsgard

Paul Johnsgard

Oct 5, 2017

American Serengeti cover art

A Great Loneliness: Looking for Animals on the Great Plains

Book review of American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains and Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History by Dan Flores.

Matt Low

Matthew Low

Oct 5, 2017

Common snapping turtle

How to Perform Oral Surgery on a Snapping Turtle

When performing oral surgery on a snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina), one must open its mouth and keep it open without losing a finger.

Jack Phillips

Jack Phillips

Oct 4, 2017

Dust storm

What Kind of Times Are These?

A poem.

Marjorie Saiser

Marjorie Saiser

Oct 4, 2017

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chorus frog

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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