CHADRON
CREEK
AT
CHADRON
STATE
PARK
IN
DAWES
COUNTY.
PHOTO
BY
JUSTIN
HAAG
F E A T U R E S
22
2020 PHOTO CONTEST
Photos submitted by Nebraskaland
Magazine readers
40
OUTDOOR NEBRASKA
What to Do in March
By Renae Blum
42
REAL-WORLD
BOWHUNTING PRACTICE
By Ryan Sparks
46
ROCK GLEN WILDLIFE AREA
A Landscape History
By Gerry Steinauer
54
CAMPING
for Beginners
By Matt Marx
56
THE SCIENCE OF ANTLERS
By Brian Peterson
60
A CONSERVATION
DREAM COME TRUE
A Prairie-Chicken Lek Finds Success
By Renae Blum
64
SLEEPING WITH
THE CRANES
An Adventure Story
Story and photos by Eric Fowler
D E P A R T M E N T S
8 Your Nebraska
12 In the Field
70 Mixed Bag
76 Portraits from the Past
78 The Last Stop
O N T H E W E B
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Nebraskaland (VOL. 99 / NO. 2 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.
Cover: Karen Kader's image "Young
Buck" won Best of Show in the 2020
Nebraskaland Photo Contest.
See page 22.
Volume 99 No. 2
March 2021