PHOTO
BY
JUSTIN
HAAG
O N T H E W E B
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Cover: A pair of trumpeter swans and
their month-old cygnet emerge from
the bulrushes surrounding their nest
on Cottonwood Lake State Recreation
Area near Merriman in Cherry County.
Photo by Eric Fowler.
Volume 98 No. 5
June 2020
Nebraskaland (VOL. 98 / NO. 5 ISSN 0028-1964) is published monthly, except for the combined Jan./Feb. and Aug./Sept. issues, by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, 2200 N. 33rd St.,
Lincoln, NE. Periodicals postage paid at Lincoln, Nebraska, and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Nebraskaland, P.O. Box 30370, Lincoln, NE 68503-0370.
F E A T U R E S
22
CLOSE TO HOME
Photos and story by Chris Masada
30
OUTDOOR NEBRASKA
What to Do in June
By Renae Blum
32
SAVING SALTWORT
Returning Salt to Salt Marshes
Story and photos by Gerry Steinauer
36
SURVIVING A 1909 NEBRASKA
GLIDER FLIGHT
By David L. Bristow, History Nebraska
38
PRESERVING THE PINE RIDGE
Story and photos by Justin Haag
48
MAKE A LURE
Story and photo by Jeff Kurrus
50
SANDHILLS TRUMPETERS
Story by Mark Vrtiska
Photos by Eric Fowler
60
TIME TO TRAIN
Story by Todd Mills
Photos by Jeff Kurrus
D E P A R T M E N T S
6 Your Nebraska
10 In the Field
62 Mixed Bag
72 Portraits from the Past
74 The Last Stop