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Comment ......................................................... 4
Mixed Bag ....................................................... 6
In the Field .................................................... 54
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Outdoor Profile ............................................. 56
Portraits from the Past .................................. 58
In the Kitchen ............................................... 60
Wine & Dine Guide ...................................... 61
The Last Stop ................................................ 62
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Tall Tale Postcards
BY MARGARET LUKAS
First Bite
A Beginner's Fishing Guide
S TORY AND PHOTOS BY JENNY NGUYEN
A Big Year
Our Family Goes Birding
BY KRISTAL STONER
Restoring a Prairie
S TORY AND PHOTOS BY GERRY STEINAUER
Roadside Fossils – Highway Paleontology
S TORY AND PHOTOS BY MARK HARRIS
Nebraska's Cranes
And Your Guide to Their Migration
BY JULIE GEISER
A Turkey Hunt For Warriors
STORY
AND PHOTOS BY JEFF KURRUS
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Cover: This month, sandhill cranes will fill the Central Platte River Valley,
bringing visitors worldwide. Photo by Rick Rasmussen.
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