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Study finds nearly 20 cougars now in Nebraska
The study is highlighted and discussed in this newspaper article from Lincoln, Nebraska’s capital city.
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Motion-sensing camera snaps shot of cougar tracking deer
This is very cool and it happened in Nebraska, a state in which sightings of mountain lions (a k a cougars) have increased markedly in recent years. Read about the latest in this article from the Omaha...
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No need for a water war on the Missouri River
This editorial is from the Des Moines, Iowa, Register. Good thing that paper still exists in the face of newspapering declines in other markets across the country.
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The Keystone pipeline vs. Wild Nature
This is my latest conservation column for the Hazleton, Pa., newspaper, for which I have written more than two decades now. Some of my greatest natural history experiences were enjoyed during my Air...
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In Ogalla Aquifer country, the real threat is chemically-dependent agriculture
That’s the central premise of this nice op-ed I just spotted on the NY Times Web site. The author of it is correct. I saw the Nebraska countryside she writes about on many occasions while on reserve...
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ESA-listed beetle relocated from original Keystone pipeline path in Neb.
Anytime a threatened/endangered species has to be relocated because of human activities is simply bad times. Hey, God put this beetle in the Sandhills region of Nebraska because it’s the right habitat...
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Bill would create mountain lion hunting season in Neb.
The mountain lion barely has a foothold, population wise, in Nebraska, yet some politicians evidently see a chance to attract votes by backing legislation creating a hunting season in that state for...
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Cougar hunting in Nebraska?
That idea is, as one person quoted in this article notes, more about coming up with new cash for the state’s fish and game agency. Nebraskans should roundly and publicly congratulate their state’s...
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Relentless heat drying up the Platte River
And the drought and death of the river in Nebraska mean major ramifications for natural diversity in general and fish and wildlife in particular. The Omaha World-Herald offers this look into the dying...
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Drought costs homeowners as foundations crack
And the drought that has gripped Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and other chunks of the Central Plains is connected to the human-caused changing of Earth’s climate. Yes, it is true. Read about the drought...
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