Since 1992, the Rainwater Basin has completed nearly 1,000 projects to improve wetlands for residents, landowners, waterfowl and hunters.
Conservation
Our Family Prairie
Back in 1960, my grandpa bought 160 acres of farm land near Stockham – a couple miles north of the farmstead where he and my grandma were raising my dad and his two sisters.
2019 Flood: $19 million in Damage
The cost to clean up and repair damage to Nebraska state parks, wildlife management areas, the Cowboy Trail and fisheries caused by historic flooding in 2019 adds up to nearly $19 million.
Halt Eastern Redcedar Invasion
Eastern redcedar populations are spreading north across the Great Plains, replacing natural grasslands and displacing wildlife.
Citizen Science
By Renae Blum Jessica Gieseke is a bumble bee-catching machine. She picks her way through a clump of goldenrod buzzing with flies and soldier beetles and spots her target. In one swift, graceful movement, Gieseke slides a vial along a stem, tips a bumble bee inside and caps the vial. […]
That’s Water-clover
Every now and then, I get a familiar call: “I found a huge patch of four-leaf clovers in a wetland. What’s going on?”
I respond: “Those are water-clover leaves, not those of the lucky four-leaf clover. So cancel the trip to Vegas.”