12 Nebraskaland • June 2026
David Turner, Omaha
Mean Heron — Winner of the 2025 State
Fair Wild and Scenic Photo Contest
Your Nebraska
Requests to use reader-submitted images and stories appeared in the first issue of
Outdoor Nebraska in June 1926, and those requests haven't stopped.
Using section titles, including Speak Up, Comment, Letters and From Our Readers,
Nebraskaland has featured reader-submitted content — from outdoor questions to
personal stories and even poems — for the past century.
Then, in the January/February 2019 edition, we began our latest iteration of this
section: Your Nebraska — a photographic look from the eyes of our readers. It's become
so successful, with such a large backlog of images, that it still continues today.
We would like to thank everyone who shares their outdoor images with us and hope
you will continue to send more. — Jeff Kurrus, Editor
Chris Masada, Lincoln
Female Cardinal
