The roundleaf monkey-flower’s favorite haunts include the slow shallows of spring-fed Sandhills streams and the sandy-bottomed pools of spring-branch canyon streams flowing into the central Niobrara River.
Stories
Clouds of Grasshoppers in 1874
In July of 1874, Rocky Mountain locusts swarmed over the central United States in numbers not seen before or since.
Chasing Rainbows
As a landscape photographer, you simply hope the golden hours, the first and last hour of light each day, live up to their name. Often, they don’t. On rare occasion, that “hour” lasts even longer.
Nebraska’s Venomous Snakes
Wildlife educator Monica Macoubrie shares information about the four venomous snakes that live in Nebraska.
Mulberry Muffins Recipe
Mulberries should be peaking right now, and one of my favorite ways to eat them is in a muffin — or two.
Ernie’s Snapping Turtle Recipe
The Ruttens of Cedar Rapids have been hunting snapping turtles for decades. They share their family’s snapping turtle recipe.