PRAIRIE FIRE

PRAIRIE FIRE, The Progressive Voice of the Great Plains is published monthly in Lincoln, NE by Prairie Fire Enterprises, LLC. Don Nelson is Publisher of the 24 page, 17 by 11 inch paper. Nelson was Chief of Staff for Governor Bob Kerrey and served as the head of his Lincoln Office during Senator Kerrey's tenure. PRAIRIE FIRE, was launched in July 2007, and has developed into a respected readership of 85,000. The newspaper provides engaging, thoughtful and bipartisan discourse on public policy, culture, the environment and social issues. The paper is distributed by direct  mail to subscribers and is available for free pick-up at locations throughout Nebraska and the Great Plains.  We pick ours up at the Seward Library. The subscription price is $48.00/year. The January issue had opposing views on the "Nebraska" movie which were most interesting. The current issue has stories on the Sandhill & Whooping Cranes, Mountain Lions, efforts to keep Grassland in Grass, etc. Most of the issues have some of Norris Alfred's "sayings". Norris published the Polk Progress for many years, and we were subscribers as well as friends. I still have a box of clippings from the publication. We will send this issue of Prairie Fire to our oldest son in Richmond, VA, who is interested in coming out this spring for the Sandhills Crane migration and seeing at least part of the 500,000 of them that spend 3-weeks or so along the Platte River during their spring migration.