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to somebody else, and watch them go
explore too, and see the stories that
they do. Working with students at the
University of Nebraska is really cool, and
so is being able to work with and meet
people that have a passion and a heart
for the natural world, who understand
that we all have to be connected to it and
be good stewards of it moving forward.
We need people to re-engage, and one
of the ways that you do that is to tell
stories. We tell stories, and we learn
from those stories, and we can be moved
by those stories. Through the written
word, and through the power of
photography, and art, and other creative
devices, that's the way we're going to
reach people, and the more personal it is,
the more authentic it can be. If I can
continue to help move in that direction
– if I can still be let out of the barn once
in a while to do the work that I'm
passionate about, and be able to bring a
lot of other people along the way and let
them fly and be better than I am — then
I'll feel good about it.
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At Schilling Wildlife Management Area near Plattsmouth at the confl uence of the Platte and Missouri rivers,
a Platte Basin Timelapse (PBT) camera captures Mike Forsberg and Pete Stegen (top, and bottom right) as they
near the end of their 55-day, 1,300-mile journey by bike, backpack and canoe across the Platte Basin watershed.
