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Matthew Urbanski looking through a camera beneath leafy trees.

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Wildlife

Bald Eagle flies through a group of scared sandhill cranes in the sky.
A praying mantis hunts a grasshopper resting on a dried prairie flower head.
Small ground squirrel pulling chunks of bison fur for its nest surrounded by green grass.
Short eared owl flying across a pale blue sky at dusk with its wings spread.
A Burrowing owl sitting in tall, golden grass next to its burrow.
Monarch butterflies resting on leafy green branches.
Turtle partly hidden among green grass.
Large flock of cranes gathered in shallow wetland water at sunset.
Prairie dog standing on dry ground beside its burrow.
Striped skunk walking through grass right after sunset.
Buck white tailed deer resting in dry prairie grass, viewed from above.
Monarch butterflies scattered through leafy green branches.
Snowy bison standing in the prairie during a blizzard.
Close-up of a bison’s eye and curly brown face.
Sandhill crane flying with wings spread and legs extended.
Crane flying above a large flock gathered in shallow water at dusk.

Landscapes

Lone windmill rising above a golden prairie beneath a cloud-filled sky.
Aerial view of braided Platte river channels winding around sandbars.
Mountain landscape framed by an opening in red sandstone.
Milky Way above dark mountains and desert vegetation.
Yellow sunflower standing above a prairie at sunset.
Sunlit sandstone and a distant natural rock arch.
Bright moon reflected in still water beside dark sandbars of the platte river.
Lightning beneath dark storm clouds and an orange sunset.
Layered rocky ridges beyond grasses and a still pond.
Pine trees scattered across a sunlit grassy hillside with a bison for scale.
Aerial view of branching river channels and patterned sandbars.
Wispy white clouds above a rugged rocky ridge at Toadstool Geologic Park.
View upward through red sandstone arches against a blue sky at arches national park.
Layered, weathered rock formations above low vegetation.
Star trails above an illuminated bridge at night.
Layered badland ridges fading into a hazy landscape at badlands national park and a bison for scale.

Conservation

Emma Richards tending a prescribed fire in dry prairie grass.
Group of visitors walking toward a wildlife viewing blind.
Megan Soldatke restoring an open sandbar beneath a cloud-filled sky.
Utility vehicle partly hidden by tall prairie grass and spraying woody invasive plants.
Three people examining a sandhill crane for a telemetry tracking project at Crane Trust.
Motus employee maintaining a tracking station antenna and software.
Kylee warren photographs Field researchers in a shallow slough or stream.
Silhouettes of people beside a vehicle under a star-filled sky just before sunrise.
Kevin Kerjaard using a camera through an opening in a viewing blind.
Utility vehicle crossing a muddy prairie field.
Small rodent in a clear bag held by a field researcher.
Gary Sitzman driving a tractor, seen through the cab windshield.
Person caring for a young animal beside a livestock fence.
Tractor pulling wide agricultural disking equipment across the platte river.
Josh Wiese and Eleanor Muzzy surveying plants beneath a blue sky.
Two field researchers examining samples and recording information outdoors.
Field researcher holding a sampling net against the blue sky.
Two field researchers collecting samples in a grassy field.
Stu Dethloff walking beside a bison through a livestock handling enclosure.

Portraits

Softball player holding a ball in a studio portrait.
Black-and-white portrait of a child riding on an adult’s shoulders.
Portrait of Anna Bultman working on her ceramics piece in an indoor setting.
Smiling graduate wearing a cap and gown outdoors.
Musician playing guitar on a stage under colored lights.
Portrait of a woman beside a brick wall in warm sunlight.
Studio portrait of a smiling Gerald Austgen in a plaid shirt.
Basketball player holding a ball in a studio action portrait.
Football player in a red uniform and helmet against a dark background.
Person operating glass carving equipment inside a workshop.
Rock climber reaching up a steep sandstone wall.
Family posing together on a wooden footbridge.
Wakeboarder riding across a lake behind a tow rope.
Hiker standing on a rocky overlook beneath a cloudy sky.
Smiling woman seated beside a wooden railing.
Graduate wearing a cap and gown by a sports stadium.
Jarod Rogers using a camera among prairie wildflowers.
Portrait of a man lit by red and blue light.
Person wearing a cowboy hat standing beside a horse in a paddock.