Tag Archives: Platte River

The Cranes

by

Fauna’s Thread is now AVAILABLE as a Paperback and E-Book at Amazon Kindle via Amazon. Every spring, 80% of the world’s Sandhill cranes stop in central Nebraska as they migrate north to their summer home. They arrive as early as Valentines Day and remain in the area for five to six weeks. This traditional timepiece …

Farms and Ranches

by

Fauna’s Thread is now AVAILABLE as a Paperback and E-Book at Amazon Kindle via Amazon. There are many farms and ranches in Nebraska. All of them need WATER and lots of it. Most are fed by groundwater but even those are stakeholders of the river. Corn is the primary crop but a thirsty plant. It’s end-use …