For landowners and conservationists, recognizing and preserving these small but vital features is key. Leaving that lone thicket or brushy fenceline can provide the anchor a covey needs to thrive.
Tag: Land Management
How Landowners Can Increase Milkweeds
These strategies for increasing milkweeds will also help increase habitat for monarch butterfly populations.
Melting the Green Glacier – Eastern Red Cedar Management
In the Loess Canyons region of southwestern Nebraska, landowners are making serious headway in fighting back eastern red cedar trees.
Deer Damage Control Permits – Finding a Balance
For the past decade, a Silver Creek farmer has invited Game and Parks to observe the deer populations and crop damage on his property in late May and early June. That has resulted in the issuance of a damage control permit.
Nebraska’s Obscure Prairie Milkvetches
Big, showy wildflower species get all the attention, while less eye-catching species, like the beautiful milkvetch, often go unnoticed.
A River Used to Run Through It – Red Wing Wildlife Management Area
Red Wing Wildlife Management Area between Clearwater and Neligh has been shaped by the ever-changing Elkhorn River.