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from the recent past abound, providing reminiscences of the
just-completed growing season but also promises of those to
come.
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Chris Helzer is the Nebraska Director of Science for The
Nature Conservancy and is based in Aurora.
When he isn't searching for obscure subject matter
to photograph and write about, he conducts research and
captures lessons from the Conservancy's land management and
restoration work.
Chris is a regular contributor to Nebraskaland Magazine with
his first story appearing in 1995.
ABOVE: Common milkweed seed pods silhouetted against a
sunrise at Lincoln Creek Prairie.
LEFT: Invasive narrow-leaf cattail seedhead releasing its
seeds. Those seeds can travel long distances, colonizing new
wetlands far from its parent plant.
