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Big Snap, world's largest common snapping turtle, died April 21 after decades on display in Nebraska
21+ hour, 25+ min ago (793+ words) Big Snap Daddy spent more than three decades at the Schramm Education Center near Gretna. The common snapping turtle, believed to be nearly 100 years old, died April 20 after his health declined. Before her daughter grew old enough that it was…...
Ward tapped as namesake for new award honoring soil health impact
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (485+ words) A central Nebraska pioneer in the field of soil science and no-till agriculture has been named the inaugural recipient of an award established in his honor by the Nebraska Soil Health Coalition. Ray Ward, founder of Ward Laboratories Inc. in…...
Most commonly seen birds in Nebraska
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (420+ words) Project Feeder Watch, a citizen science project where participants collect data on birds at their feeders, was founded in Ontario by Erica Dunn and the Long Point Bird Observatory in 1976. The project partnered with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology after…...