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Almost like a dinosaur: Big Snap, worlds largest common snapping turtle, awed countless Nebraskans
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (791+ words) The turtle who became a fixture at the Schramm Education Center grew far older and far larger than any known member of his species before his death. He was nearly 100. Before her daughter grew old enough that it was no…...
After nearly 4 decades of photographing sandhill cranes, it's still "magic every time'
3+ week, 2+ day ago (173+ words) My sandhill crane knowledge and appreciation have grown in the nearly four decades since I first saw one the world's great migration events. Cranes fly near the Platte River near Rowe Sanctuary at sunset. As a child, I saw cranes…...
At 79, the world's leading crane conservationist has no plans to slow down " or miss March in Nebraska
4+ week, 1+ hour ago (1335+ words) International Crane Foundation co-founder George Archibald has missed one sandhill crane season since 1975. It remains "one of the world's great migration spectacles." ALDA " The world's largest gathering of cranes draws people from around the world to south-central Nebraska each March....
Cranes by the numbers: Efforts to restore North America's crane populations are ongoing
4+ week, 1+ hour ago (443+ words) Among the recent changes, more sandhill cranes are spending their winters in Nebraska. Sandhill and whooping cranes, the only species of cranes in North America, have faced extinction. Sandhill crane numbers declined in the 1930s due to hunting and habitat loss,…...