4 Nebraskaland • May 2024
Cover: A grasshopper sits on purple locoweed, a native
wildflower that benefits from cedar removal and
prescribed fire in the Loess Canyons. See story on
page 46.
ERIC FOWLER, NEBRASKALAND
This page: Western wallflower, also known as yellow
phlox or prairie rocket, blooms in a Sandhills grassland
on the Valentine National Wildlife Refuge in Cherry
County.
ERIC FOWLER, NEBRASKALAND
Volume 102 No. 4
May 2024
F E A T U R E S
20
FALLING THROUGH THE TIMES
Story and photos by Justin Haag
28
OUTDOOR NEBRASKA
What To Do in May
By Renae Blum
30
FENS FOREVER
By Mariah Lundgren
36
A HISTORY MYSTERY
By David L. Bristow, History Nebraska
40
COURTING BLUEGILLS
Story and photos by Eric Fowler
44
FINDING A BALANCE
By Justin Haag
46
MELTING THE GREEN GLACIER
Story and photos by Eric Fowler
D E P A R T M E N T S
8 Your Nebraska
12 In the Field
54 Mixed Bag
68 Portraits from the Past
70 The Last Stop
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