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Drayden Bellamy and Brad Eifert struggle to pull a net full of fish into the boat for evaluation during the fish survey at Pioneer Trails Recreation Area.
Gone Fishin’: local lake assessed for fishery health
Chrystal Houston Upper Big Blue Nrd
by Chrystal Houston, Upper Big Blue NRD
It is overcast and cool on the lake at Pioneer Trails Recreation Area on the morning of June 1, as a team from Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (NGPC) readies their equipment: boats, buckets, long handled nets and measuring boards.
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Matt Grosshans is working toward saving his soil.
Programs provide funding for soil saving measures
Chrystal Houston Upper Big Blue Nrd
by Chrystal Houston, UBBNRD
When Matt Grosshans started farming seven years ago in Hamilton County, he was interested in regenerative agriculture practices he’d learned about in college, including cover crops, reduced tillage and rotational cropping systems.
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Jack Wergin peers through binoculars to get a better look at the birds at Teal View Wetland Education Area.
One year in, Teal View Wetlands thrive
Jacob Courtney
For the past year, 39 acres north of Hampton have become a natural resource for Hamilton County residents. The many croaks and chirps of the new life testify to change.
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
From left, Dick Berthold, Harold Fankhauser and members of the Aurora Lions Club work to install a fishing line recycling bin near the water’s edge at Pioneer Trails Lake northeast of Aurora.
Fishing line recycling bin installed
Kurt Johnson
Several organizations combined efforts last week to install a fishing line recycling bin at the Pioneer Trails Lake northeast of Aurora.
Tuesday, December 7, 2021
