PHOTO
BY
JUSTIN
HAAG
Cover: Colin Lodl of Omaha
flies off a flat ramp on the new
mountain bike trails at Platte River
State Park. Photo by Eric Fowler.
Volume 98 No. 6
July 2020
F E A T U R E S
22
PRACTICE MAKES BETTER
Story and photos by Jenny Nguyen-Wheatley
30
OUTDOOR NEBRASKA
What to Do in July
By Renae Blum
32
IT'S A WASP MANTIDFLY
Story and photos by Chris Helzer
36
RIOT IN LOUP CITY
By David L. Bristow, History Nebraska
38
LAKE MCCONAUGHY STATE
RECREATION AREA
By Julie Geiser
44
THOSE FIERY REDHEADS
Story and photos by Justin Haag
48
TECHNIQUES FOR JULY BASS
Story and photos by Jeff Kurrus
50
PLATTE RIVER STATE PARK BIKE TRAILS
Story and photos by Eric Fowler
56
THE PERFECT TACKLEBOX
Story and photo by Jeff Kurrus
D E P A R T M E N T S
6 Your Nebraska
10 In the Field
58 Mixed Bag
68 Portraits from the Past
70 The Last Stop
O N T H E W E B
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