Cottonwood Ranch East
LOOKING Closer
Existing conditions at Cottonwood Ranch grassland–wetland habitat area (August 2017 – April 2018), construction activities associated with development of broad-scale recharge water project facilities (May 2018 – August 2018), after construction conditions at Cottonwood Ranch grassland-wetland habitat with fall through spring operations of recharge facilities which creates an extensive whooping crane/sandhill crane roosting habitat during the fall and spring migrations.
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Latta Lake
This camera has captured the conversion of a cedar-choked landscape back to Sandhills prairie. The Switzer Ranch has been combating the spread of the invasive eastern redcedar through prescribed fire and mechanical removal. Latta Lake...
Cheeseman Reservoir
This camera watches Cheesman Reservoir, which is the result of Cheesman Dam. Construction of the dam began in 1898 and was completed in 1905. The dam stands 221 feet above the streambed and was once...
Camp Ashland East Slough
This camera is looking downstream from near the inlet of a restored slough on Nebraska National Guard property. This slough is fed by groundwater from a nearby wetland and the Platte River a few hundred...