4 Nebraskaland • December 2025
Volume 103 No. 10
December 2025
F E A T U R E S
22
CHASING THE LIGHTS
Photos and story by Erik Johnson
30
OUTDOOR NEBRASKA
What to Do in December
By Tim Reigert
32
THE VALUE OF BLACK WALNUTS
Story and photos by Gerry Steinauer
38
DID THE SHERIFF COMMIT THE CRIME?
By David L. Bristow, Nebraska State Historical Society
42
STILL MAKING MEMORIES
A Family Tradition
Story and photos by Jeff Kurrus
48
WALLEYE MOVEMENT AT LEWIS & CLARK
Story and photos by Eric Fowler
52
ADDICTED TO EAGLES
Ogallala woman enamored by
bald eagle photography
Story by Eric Fowler, Photos by Teri Elmshauser
D E P A R T M E N T S
8 Your Nebraska
12 In the Field
58 Mixed Bag
68 Portraits from the Past
70 The Last Stop
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