Every summer, the Rutten “boys” — geared in old tennis shoes, jeans and a T-shirt — ease down into the greasy, stagnant oxbow lake on the flood-prone family property, called “The Island.”
Stories
1870s Nebraska Roundup
By the mid-1870s, Nebraska’s open-range cattle industry was experiencing ownership disputes caused by unregulated “round-ups”.
My City Sanctuary
Marissa Jensen of Omaha spends a year discovering a prairie of native grasses, flowers anear her home in the city.
The Great Park Pursuit
Story and photos by Renae Blum It had already been an enjoyable day: wading in Pawnee Lake, picnicking along the shore, chasing Frisbees and etching names in the sand. But it was perhaps a simple green post that garnered the most excitement of all. “I see it! I see it!” […]
Urban Wildlife
Most urban wildlife has gone beyond simply tolerating humans. They’ve moved on to thriving in urban areas because of human presence.
Discovering Slime Molds
The slime molds’ DNA suggests they are ancient creatures, one to two billion years old, slithering over the Earth’s barren rock surface at a time when the only other land creatures were bacteria.