Dean Slader has tried retiring his hammer and anvil several times. The 82-year-old blacksmith’s relationship with Fort Atkinson State Historical Park “goes back.”
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Loup River Water Trail
The Loup is a beautiful, braided river, flowing for 69 miles through fertile, eastern Nebraska farm country.
Trumpeter Swans – Creatures of Habit(at)
A recent study of 38 trumpeter swans in the Sandhills found 80 percent of swans that nested at a particular wetland or lake returned the following year.
A Birding Family
What began with hiking and a birdsong book has led to two high-school-aged boys holding their own with some of the top birdwatchers in the state.