Nebraska has almost 80,000 miles of river and over 1.9 million acres of wetland, a good portion of which are found in the Sandhills. During the summer, many wet meadows adjacent to Sandhills streams and wetlands are used for hay production. Typically, one cutting of hay is harvested from these areas, and then the grass is allowed to rest until late fall and into the winter when cattle graze the dormant forage. A Sandhills stream in the fall--photo by: Tevyn Peiper; STF. It is

As part of this year’s America’s Grassland Conference, June 24-26, 2025, conservation professionals, ranchers, researchers, and agency...

After a last check of the weather and a call to the county dispatch office, the landowner strikes the match to begin the prescribed burn.  This is one of the many prescribed burns the newly formed Garfield, Loup, Wheeler (GLW) Prescribed Burn Association (PBA) will try to complete this spring.

In collaboration with the Platte Basin Timelapse project, Nebraska Game and Parks has released expanded wetlands educational content....

It is early morning in the heart of the Sandhills as a Nebraska Game and Parks Fisheries crew assembles on the edge of Vrenders Marsh in...

A long-time prescribed fire advocate is now educating the youth of Nebraska on the importance of prescribed fire and its use to control...

In April 2022, the Sandhill Task Force hosted two drought management workshops featuring speakers Mitch Stephenson- UNL Associate...

Wind weaves itself through the tall grasses and over the rolling hills of the Nebraska Sandhills. A lone pickup truck follows a...

The Gordon Creek Stream Restoration Project was completed in 2015 and minor repairs took place in 2016, 2017, and 2018. Gordon Creek is...