Friends of Bill Taddicken honored him Friday night, just days after he was mysteriously dismissed after 26 years as center director of Ian Nicholson Audubon Center Rowe Sanctuary.
Thanks to a $75,000 donation, Rowe Sanctuary will establish the Donald and Lorena Meier Native Plants Restoration Program. It will supply native plants for urban landscapes and conservation restoration.
Crane season is winding down in Nebraska. It's hard to imagine in today's climate, but in the late '90s the federal government, Nebraska and two neighboring states all signed on to a unique idea for managing the Platte River Basin. The plan that emerged from that process has endured over the years, boosting conservation efforts and easing conflicts among stakeholders.
Now 26 years later, that novel approach has, by many accounts, proven to be a success, with an additional 10,000 acres of habitat restored and shortages in target water flows on the decline.