Cover: Sandhill cranes leave their
roost on the Platte River in Hall County
shortly after sunrise.
Photo by Eric Fowler.
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Volume 98 No. 2
March 2020
F E A T U R E S
22
OUR FAMILY PRAIRIE
Story and Photos by Chris Helzer
28
OUTDOOR NEBRASKA
What to Do in March
By Renae Blum
30
2019 FLOOD
Game and Parks Still Working to Recover
By Eric Fowler
38
BILL GREEN
A World War II Soldier
By David L. Bristow
40
THOSE ALLURING ORBS
Photos and Story by Justin Haag
48
A WEEKEND OF EXPLORATION
My Experience of Becoming an
Outdoors-Woman
By Renae Blum
D E P A R T M E N T S
8 Your Nebraska
12 In the Field
52 Mixed Bag
62 Portraits from the Past
66 The Last Stop
O N T H E W E B
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