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ABOVE: A feather suspended in the wind at sunset in a saline wetland. Many bird species rely on saline wetlands as stopover
habitats on their north and south migration journeys. ETHAN FREESE
BELOW, LEFT: Two Salt Creek tiger beetles mating on a salt fl at in a saline wetland. Female Salt Creek tiger beetles require
specifi c soil moisture and salinity to lay their eggs. Once the eggs hatch, the larvae and eventual adults do not require such a
narrow range of soil salinity to survive. BROOKE TALBOTT
Madeline Cass, a local artist, photographs the salt crust at a
saline wetland north of Lincoln. DAKOTA ALTMAN
Species like muskrats at Marsh Wren Community
Wetland benefi t from work by the city of Lincoln
and members of the Saline Wetlands Conservation
Partnership to keep saline wetlands around for future
generations. MARIAH LUNDGREN
