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Goin’ Tankin’ on TV

greg wagner May 27, 2015 Comments Off on Goin’ Tankin’ on TV

Don’t miss my Weekly Outdoor Report airing on Omaha’s WOWT 6 News LIVE this Thursday evening at 6 p.m. CST during the station’s sportscast when we float a Nebraska river in a livestock watering tank. Seriously!

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WOWT 6 Sports Director Ross Jernstrom prepares to film friends and I ready to go tanking on the Elkhorn River near Waterloo, NE.

We’ll cover why floating scenic Nebraska rivers in livestock watering tanks is so popular. It is something unique and fun to do outdoors with your family or friends this summer. A listing of river outfitters and rental businesses is available here.

Livestock tank floating on the Elkhorn River near Waterloo, NE.
Livestock tank floating on the Elkhorn River near Waterloo, NE.

Tanking offers a perfect opportunity to kick back, relax and enjoy our beautiful scenery along rivers here in Nebraska!

Tanking on the Cedar River near Fullerton,. NE.
Tanking on the Cedar River near Fullerton,. NE.

If you miss the initial broadcast of the outdoor report, video replays of it are always available by clicking this link. The report can also be accessed on Digital Channel 6.2 and Cox Cable Channel 120. An additional reminder that the station runs The Weekly Outdoor Report on Saturdays later in its hour-long 8 a.m. CST newscast. The WOWT 6 Sports Machine Crew and I thank you for watching!

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About greg wagner

A native of Gretna, NE, a graduate of Gretna High School and Bellevue University, Greg Wagner currently serves as the Communications and Marketing Specialist and Manager for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission's Service Center in Omaha. On a weekly basis, Wagner can be heard on a number of radio stations, seen on local television in Omaha, and on social media channels, creatively conveying natural resource conservation messages as well as promoting outdoor activities and destinations in Nebraska. Wagner, whose career at Game and Parks began in 1979, walks, talks, lives, breathes and blogs about Nebraska’s outdoors. He grew up in rural Gretna, building forts in the woods, hunting, fishing, collecting leaves, and generally thriving on constant outdoor activity. One of the primary goals of his blog is to get people, especially young ones, to have fun and spend time outside!

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