This past June, I spent a week collecting mushrooms with Northern Prairies Land Trust ecologist Chance Brueggemann and mycologist Derek Zeller.
Conservation
Waterfowl Zones Explained
To accommodate varying hunting circumstances, Nebraska has four waterfowl hunting zones, providing early- or late-season opportunities, or both.
Leave the Leaves This Fall
For small creatures that live around your property, those piles of leaves, dead plant material, twigs and stems help keep them alive over the winter months.
A Passion for Regal Fritillaries and Violets
The regal fritillary is aptly named. A glimpse of this large butterfly, with its beautiful reddish-orange wings ornately spotted with white, black and blue, effortlessly sailing above the prairie, is indeed a regal sight.
Wild Indigos – Exceptional Native Ornamentals
Ask any horticulturalist what wildflowers make good ornamentals, and wild indigos are usually near the top of their list.
Fish Ladders – Something Could Mean Everything
Most everyone knows fish can jump. But there are few species swimming in rivers and streams in Nebraska that can launch themselves 3 feet from a pool into a culvert.