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MARSH WREN COMMUNITY WETLAND
Urban jungle: Student project at saline wetland chronicles the animals among us
- Peter Salter
- Dec 22, 2019
- Dec 22, 2019 Updated May 28, 2020
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A trail cam caught a raccoon on the move at Marsh Wren Community Wetland.
- BROOKE TALBOTT, COURTESY PHOTO

University of Nebraska-Lincoln grad student Brooke Talbott has been documenting the Marsh Wren wetland near Lincoln for the past three years. It’s undergoing restoration by the NRD, but it’s also under pressure from nearby residential development. Talbott uses blinds and trail cameras to document the wildlife.
- FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
The city and country come together at Marsh Wren Community Wetland.
- BROOKE TALBOTT, COURTESY PHOTO
White pelicans in Marsh Wren Community Wetland.
- BROOKE TALBOTT, COURTESY PHOTO
A snowy egret (white) and a pair of ibis share a piece of dry land at Marsh Wren Community Wetland.
- BROOKE TALBOTT, COURTESY PHOTO
Canada geese in Marsh Wren Community Wetland.
- BROOKE TALBOTT, COURTESY PHOTO
Saltwater irrigation is restoring the saline wetlands at Marsh Wren, on the north edge of Lincoln.
- BROOKE TALBOTT, COURTESY PHOTO
The Marsh Wren Community Wetland on Lincoln's north edge attracts all kinds of ducks, including blue-winged teals.
- COURTESY PHOTO BY BROOKE TALBOTT
Brooke Talbott's game camera captured this Canada goose and goslings at Marsh Wren Community Wetland.
- BROOKE TALBOTT, COURTESY PHOTO
A lesser yellowlegs hangs out at Marsh Wren.
- BROOKE TALBOTT, COURTESY PHOTO
A double-crested cormorant swims in the pond at Marsh Wren Community Wetland.
- BROOKE TALBOTT, COURTESY PHOTO
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She likes to get set up long before first light, while most of the nearby city is still sleeping.
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A great blue heron gets ready for dinner at the Marsh Wren Community Wetland on Lincoln's north edge.
COURTESY FILE PHOTO BY BROOKE TALBOTT
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This drone image shows how close Marsh Wren is to a new housing development in northeast Lincoln.
BROOKE TALBOTT, COURTESY PHOTO
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News reporter Peter Salter's memorable stories from 2019
Peter Salter's most memorable: Magic beer fridge
While much of Nebraska was still fighting floodwaters and tallying tragedy, this soon-to-be-viral story was a refreshing surprise – sort of like a cold beer at the end of long, hard day.
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Peter Salter's most memorable: Numb to it
Drew Wolfe would talk about his family’s flood-scarred farm, but only if we visited in person. I’m glad we did, because there was no way to appreciate the scale of the damage without seeing it. Even then, we needed a math professor to help calculate the volume of Platte River sand that had swallowed Wolfe’s 200-acre cornfield: 800,000 cubic yards, or enough to fill 67,000 dump trucks.
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5. 'Numb to it' — Farm family moves forward despite dead cows, beach where their field used to be
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Peter Salter's most memorable: Fitness, friendship at stake
Most of Lincoln had likely never heard of the Goodyear Fitness Center, but the former elementary school served Havelock for decades, a meeting place where strangers became friends, a gym where retirees could take care of themselves and each other, and as a remnant of the factory that helped build the neighborhood.
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Peter Salter's most memorable: Twin sailors returning
This story spanned a century and much of the globe, from Germans from Russia meeting and marrying in Lincoln’s South Bottoms, to the attack on Pearl Harbor, to a team of scientists at Offutt Air Base trying to identify the mixed-up remains of 400 sailors and soldiers. But it’s also a story about pain and patience, and a Lincoln family that waited 67 years to be able to say goodbye.
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- 5 min to read
Peter Salter's most memorable: Bullying of Charlie Bowlby
This story hit close. I’ve had three recent heart procedures at the same hospital. The days before were already anxious and frightening, and I had nothing but the compassion of my co-workers. I couldn’t imagine the stress that would come with taunting, teasing and a toe tag.
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A trail cam caught a raccoon on the move at Marsh Wren Community Wetland.
- BROOKE TALBOTT, COURTESY PHOTO
University of Nebraska-Lincoln grad student Brooke Talbott has been documenting the Marsh Wren wetland near Lincoln for the past three years. It’s undergoing restoration by the NRD, but it’s also under pressure from nearby residential development. Talbott uses blinds and trail cameras to document the wildlife.
- FRANCIS GARDLER, Journal Star
The city and country come together at Marsh Wren Community Wetland.
- BROOKE TALBOTT, COURTESY PHOTO
A great blue heron gets ready for dinner at the Marsh Wren Community Wetland on Lincoln's north edge.
- COURTESY FILE PHOTO BY BROOKE TALBOTT
This drone image shows how close Marsh Wren is to a new housing development in northeast Lincoln.
- BROOKE TALBOTT, COURTESY PHOTO
White pelicans in Marsh Wren Community Wetland.
- BROOKE TALBOTT, COURTESY PHOTO
A snowy egret (white) and a pair of ibis share a piece of dry land at Marsh Wren Community Wetland.
- BROOKE TALBOTT, COURTESY PHOTO
Canada geese in Marsh Wren Community Wetland.
- BROOKE TALBOTT, COURTESY PHOTO
Saltwater irrigation is restoring the saline wetlands at Marsh Wren, on the north edge of Lincoln.
- BROOKE TALBOTT, COURTESY PHOTO
The Marsh Wren Community Wetland on Lincoln's north edge attracts all kinds of ducks, including blue-winged teals.
- COURTESY PHOTO BY BROOKE TALBOTT
Brooke Talbott's game camera captured this Canada goose and goslings at Marsh Wren Community Wetland.
- BROOKE TALBOTT, COURTESY PHOTO
A lesser yellowlegs hangs out at Marsh Wren.
- BROOKE TALBOTT, COURTESY PHOTO
A double-crested cormorant swims in the pond at Marsh Wren Community Wetland.
- BROOKE TALBOTT, COURTESY PHOTO
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