4 Nebraskaland • April 2024
Cover: A tom turkey struts across a grassy hill in Cass
County. If you are unfortunate enough to shoot and
miss a bird like this, read our next-step tips on page 16.
JEFF KURRUS, NEBRASKALAND
This page: A greater prairie-chicken displays on a lek
at Burchard Lake Wildlife Management Area in Pawnee
County. ERIC FOWLER, NEBRASKALAND
Volume 102 No. 3
April 2024
F E A T U R E S
20
SMILEY CANYON
Story and photos by Justin Haag
28
OUTDOOR NEBRASKA
What To Do in April
By Renae Blum
30
FISHING FLANAGAN
A Lake in the City
Story and photos by Jenny Nguyen-Wheatley
36
TICK TACTICS
Story and photos by Chris Helzer
40
NEBRASKA'S OBSCURE PRAIRIE MILKVETCHES
Story and photos by Gerry Steinauer
42
BUILDING A SOD HOUSE
By David L. Bristow, History Nebraska
D E P A R T M E N T S
8 Your Nebraska
12 In the Field
46 Mixed Bag
56 Portraits from the Past
58 The Last Stop
O N T H E W E B
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