This fall, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, along with Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever, introduced a new challenge to hunters –  the Nebraska Upland Slam. The concept of the Upland Slam is simple: hunters must harvest all four of Nebraska’s primary upland game bird species – sharp-tailed grouse, greater prairie-chicken, ring-necked pheasant, and northern bobwhite (quail). Since the prairie grouse opener on Sept. 1st, hundreds of hunters have taken advantage of Nebraska’s diverse upland hunting opportunities and great access to …

Blooms on the Dunes From many Sandhills dune tops, one can see prairie stretching to the horizons. North America’s largest sand dune field, the wind-whipped Sandhills, covers more than 20,000 square miles of north-central Nebraska, ranging from low and rolling to steep and towering. The Sandhills is also our nation’s most intact grassland ecosystem – the wildflower-rich prairie, a vestige of times past. n 1795, James Mackay, working for the Upper Missouri Company, led the first European expedition into the heart of the …

Nebraska puts “southern hospitality” to shame according to eclipse tourists. A Pennsylvania family sent in this rave review of the state after visiting during 2017’s eclipse: I’m writing to NEBRASKAland to tell you how much I enjoy it. I first subscribed to the magazine in February after I decided I was coming to Nebraska to watch the eclipse. I thought it might give me some tips on what to do and see in Nebraska. It did, as we enjoyed an outing …