26 Nebraskaland • June 2019
peel away, the more beauty that you
see. I think that's important today. I've
spent 25 years as a photographer in
conservation, dedicated to my home,
the Great Plains of North America. I've
seen a lot, I've experienced a lot, I've
learned a lot, but I've only scratched the
surface.
I love being able to hand what I have
Mike Forsberg and Peter Stegen ending
the bike portion of their journey above
the Platte River near Henry, Nebraska.
A crew from NET Television: Emily Kruetz, left, and Mariah Lundgren, right,
interview Peter Stegen along the shoreline of Lake McConaughy in western
Nebraska.
Peter Stegen pulls the canoe through a dense stand of cattails during a long
portage around a diversion dam on the North Platte River in western Nebraska.