Nebraskaland Magazine

12/01/2025

Frigid winter weather has descended on Nebraska, and ice fishing is taking center stage in the outdoor community. 🧊🎣

Read "Why Ice Fishing?" here: https://brnw.ch/21wPWOA

📷&📝: Greg Wagner

11/01/2025

Join Justin Haag on Panhandle Afield as he discusses ferruginous hawks:

A weekly radio segment featuring outdoor topics of the Nebraska Panhandle. This week, the discussion is about ferruginous hawks. Air Dates: Dec. 13-20, 2024 Length: 3:00 Episode 350

10/01/2025

Bald eagles can be seen throughout the year in Nebraska, but winter is arguably the prime season for spotting these majestic birds of prey. 🦅

For the best eagle-viewing experiences, head to areas with open water. Parks along the Platte and Missouri rivers provide excellent opportunities to see eagles perched in trees, standing on ice, or hunting.

For more information about these locations, check out the interactive map on the Nebraska Birding Guide website: https://brnw.ch/21wPV4K

📷: Justin Haag, Nebraskaland Magazine

09/01/2025

- An early 80s winter at Fort Robinson State Park. ❄️

📷: Bob Grier

08/01/2025

You’ve probably gazed at clouds and seen familiar objects or animals, right? (“Wow, that cloud looks like a squirrel riding a turtle!”) If you’re a fan of that game, I invite you to try “What’s that bark pattern look like?”

Read "Ponderosa Psychology" here: https://brnw.ch/21wPRX0

📷&📝: Chris Helzer

07/01/2025

"When most sane duck hunters have given it up for the season, I’m trying to figure out a way to get one more chance at late-season mallards. It can be feast or famine, but for me, fooling just one group is worth the effort."

Read "New Year Green – Hunting Late-Season Mallards" here: https://brnw.ch/21wPQGY

📝: Todd Mills
📷: Jeff Kurrus

06/01/2025

Some call it video game fishing. That it’s cheating. They say fish don’t have a chance, and it will ruin fishing. Others say it’s just another tool in the tacklebox. Whatever the case, most will agree forward-facing or live-imaging sonar is one of the most debated advancements to enter the fishing world.

Read "Fishing with Forward-Facing Sonar" here: https://brnw.ch/21wPP76

📷&📝: Eric Fowler

04/01/2025

Join Justin Haag on Panhandle Afield as he discusses wildlife in winter:

Listen to Panhandle Afield: Wildlife in Winter by Justin Haag on

03/01/2025

John Nelson did not find much gold in Colorado, but Nebraskans are fortunate he found photography.

Born in Sweden in 1864, Nelson immigrated to Nebraska with his parents when he was 17. As a young adult, he homesteaded in Wheeler County, but later sold out and headed west to Colorado to prospect for gold. During his travels, he became interested in photography, opening his own studio when he returned home.

Read "John Nelson’s Nebraska" here: https://brnw.ch/21wPMss

📷: John Nelson
📝: David L. Bristow, Nebraska State Historical Society

02/01/2025

You might be thinking that foraging can only be done in the warmer months, but you would be wrong!

Read "Winter Foraging for Edible Wild Plants" here: https://brnw.ch/21wPLcU

📷&📝: Greg Wagner

01/01/2025

Happy New Year, Nebraska!

A new year means new opportunities for change and growth. We want your input on how to make Nebraskaland Magazine social media better.

What kind of content do you want to see from us in 2025?

📷: Justin Haag, Nebraskaland Magazine

31/12/2024

When he was 46 years old, Matt Hollamon saw his first tornado — and was immediately hooked. Invited to tag along on a friend’s storm chasing excursion in Kansas, Hollamon found himself gazing at a storm “that looked like a spaceship,” he said. “It was just being in that position — hearing the tornado sirens going off in this little town. It was such a cool experience.”

Read "Chasing Nebraska Skies" here: https://brnw.ch/21wPJcq

📝: Renae Blum
📷: Matt Hollamon

30/12/2024

A week spent collecting mushrooms at The Nature Conservancy’s Niobrara Valley Preserve led to the discovery of a few species new to science! 🍄

From navigating waterlogged canyons to dodging mosquitoes, this expedition uncovered a wealth of fungi, marking a milestone in Nebraska's mushroom surveys.

Read "Newly Discovered Mushrooms" here: https://brnw.ch/21wPI4P

📷&📝: Gerry Steinauer

29/12/2024

Caption this! 🐿️

📷: Justin Haag, Nebraskaland Magazine

28/12/2024

Fort Robinson State Park🌨️

📷: Bob Grier

27/12/2024

The holidays are over, but for hundreds of Nebraskans, the arrival of New Year’s Day means there’s still one celebration left to enjoy: a First Day Hike.

First Day Hikes are a nationwide initiative to get people outdoors on Jan. 1 to enjoy state parks through free, guided hikes. Started in 2016 in Nebraska, the tradition has continued to grow. Last year, a record number of 22 Nebraska state parks participated, with more than 1,000 hikers in total.

Read "A New Year's Tradition - First Day Hike": https://brnw.ch/21wPFIJ

📷&📝: Renae Blum

27/12/2024

The sky. Every day it changes with new colors and patterns and clouds. And in the winter, when the air has that quiet bite to it, there is beauty you might not find at other times of the year.

If you’ve stepped out into a cold winter evening just as the sun is dipping behind the horizon, you may have found your breath catching at the sight of the colors in the sky. Hazy purples and blues along the edges of the landscape. Fiery pink and red beams arcing across the clouds.

The vibrancy of these winter sunsets isn’t your imagination. There’s actual science to explain this fiery phenomenon.

Read "Nebraska's Colorful Winter Skies" here: https://brnw.ch/21wPyNJ

📝: Grace Gaard
📸: Justin Haag, Nebraskaland Magazine

26/12/2024

- Winter strolls at Dead Timber SRA. ❄️

📷: Steve Kohler, before 1969