4 Nebraskaland • December 2024
Volume 102 No. 10
December 2024
F E A T U R E S
20
CHASING NEBRASKA SKIES
By Renae Blum
Photos by Matt Hollamon
26
OUTDOOR NEBRASKA
What To Do in December
By Renae Blum
28
VENTURE PARKS
A Public-Private Partnership
54
JOHN NELSON'S NEBRASKA
By David L. Bristow, History Nebraska
58
PONDEROSA PSYCHOLOGY
Photos and story by Chris Helzer
62
WHAT IS NATURE?
How We Communicate Our Interpretation of
Nature Is a Powerful Question
By Grace Gaard
D E P A R T M E N T S
8 Your Nebraska
12 In the Field
66 Mixed Bag
76 Portraits from the Past
78 The Last Stop
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