The Nebraska Sandhills (MP-216)

The Nebraska Sandhills (MP-216) Edited by Monica M. Norby, Judy Diamond, Aaron Sutherlen, Sherilyn C. Fritz, Kim Hachiya, Douglas A. Norby, and Michael Forsberg 256 pages, 184 color photographs, 15 black-and-white photographs, 28 color illustrations, 15 color maps, 2 tables "Like a rumpled wool blanket, the Nebraska Sandhills spreads out over twenty thousand square miles of north-central Nebraska and is the largest stabilized dune field in the Western Hemisphere. It is also the largest intact mixed-grass prairie left on the continent" This description by photographer Michael Forsberg alludes to the exceptional physical geography of the Nebraska Sandhills, a place of rolling grasslands, rivers, and wetlands created by the Ogallala Aquifer underlying the region. Home to abundant wildlife, from pronghorn antelope to occasional whooping cranes, the Sandhills are an ecological treasure. Dotted with ranches and small towns, the sandhills are rich with deep cultural history, including those of Indigenous peoples, settler, Black homesteaders, immigrants, ecotourists, and some adventurous golfers.