Nebraskaland • The Nebraska Game and Parks Foundation
nice because we have so much space. We visit each year for
fi ve days," Asche said. "But it feels like it's over in a day. We've
become such good friends."
Places to Go
"Access is No. 1," said Andre Miller of Omaha, who spends any
moment of free time near the water with a clutch of fi shing rods
and reels in his hand and a tacklebox slung over his shoulder.
He's always looking for a new place and, once there, where
he should start fi shing. "Folks have their spots," he said. "Moms
and daughters. Dads and sons. Folks just want to be outside."
Being outside, and having access, is growing even easier
throughout Nebraska with the construction of fi shing piers,
and the Foundation remains important at providing these
access points. The Foundation has provided funding for piers
at Mahoney State Park and Johnson Lake SRA, and Two Rivers
SRA west of Omaha will have a new fi shing pier in 2024 as a
memorial donation for a beloved family member who recently
passed away.
"Families go to those docks," Miller said. "They're such easy
access for parents." Meanwhile, anglers like Miller have more of
the shoreline to fi sh once these are installed.
But it's not just access at a public lake that interests folks like
Miller, it's having somewhere entirely new to fi sh, hunt, hike,
bike, or just simply, be. Throughout the Foundation's 40 years,
land acquisition to create public access also has remained a high
priority. Either by maintaining relationships with landowners
who believe in the mission of Game and Parks and the
Foundation and donate land or, through their estate planning,
The 1891 Offi cers Quarters at Fort Robinson gives equestrians
like Mike and Jill Angelo a place to stay near some of the best
horseback riding in the state.
PHOTO COURTESY OF LORETTA ASCHE
The Foundation provides fi nancial assistance to Game and Parks' Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program.
JENNY NGUYEN-WHEATLEY, NEBRASKALAND
