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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Western Nebraska, Part 2

Dr. Hank Bounds walks near the Scotts Bluff National Monument after leaving the Farm and Ranch Museum on April 15, 2015 in Gering, Neb. Dr. Hank Bounds is spending his first week as president touring Nebraska. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


George Schlothauer, left. Nancy Haney, second from left, Dr. Hank Bounds and Charlie Fenster, right, watch a short film about Nebraska at the Farm and Ranch Museum on April 15, 2015 in Gering, Neb. Dr. Hank Bounds is spending his first week as president touring Nebraska. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Dr. Hank Bounds peers into a microscope to look at Sugarbeet aphids at the UNL Panhandle Research and Extension Center on April 15, 2015 in Scottsbluff, Neb. Dr. Hank Bounds is spending his first week as president touring Nebraska. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Dr. Hank Bounds speaks at an assembly to Gering High School students on April 15, 2015 at Gering High School  in Gering, Neb. Dr. Hank Bounds is spending his first week as president touring Nebraska. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


 Dr. Hank Bounds, center, visits the Trailside Museum of Natural History, which houses the "Clash of the Titans" exhibit, fossils of two large bull mammoths whose tusks locked together during battle, on April 15, 2015 in Fort Robinson State Park. Dr. Hank Bounds is spending his first week as president touring Nebraska. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


 Dr. Hank Bounds is encouraged by his tour guides to hop on a tractor at the Nebraska at the Farm and Ranch Museum on April 15, 2015 in Gering, Neb. Dr. Hank Bounds is spending his first week as president touring Nebraska. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Dr. Hank Bounds visits the UNL Panhandle Research and Extension Center feedlot on April 15, 2015 in Scottsbluff, Neb. Dr. Hank Bounds is spending his first week as president touring Nebraska. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Students Wyatt Helton, left, Tacory Spencer, second from left, Robert Jackson, and Myesha Dickens, right, play pool at the Chadron State College Student Center on April 15, 2015 in Chadron, Neb. Dr. Hank Bounds is spending his first week as president touring Nebraska. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


 Wayne Evans repairs fencing with his dog Kade on April 15, 2015 off of US Route 20, the Bridges to Buttes Byway, near Merriman Neb. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Wayne Evans repairs fencing with his dog Kade on April 15, 2015 off of US Route 20, the Bridges to Buttes Byway, near Merriman Neb. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Wayne Evans repairs fencing with his dog Kade on April 15, 2015 off of US Route 20, the Bridges to Buttes Byway, near Merriman Neb. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


The landscape at Fort Robinson State Park on April 15, 2015. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Antelope walk through the Sandhills on April 15, 2015 off of Nebraska Highway 71 north of Scottsbluff, Neb. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Antelope walk through the Sandhills on April 15, 2015 off of Nebraska Highway 71 north of Scottsbluff, Neb. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Scenery at the Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge on April 15, 2015 in Valentine, Neb. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Bison graze at the Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge on April 15, 2015 in Valentine, Neb. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Bison graze at the Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge on April 15, 2015 in Valentine, Neb. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


A prairie dog sticks his head up at the Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge on April 15, 2015 in Valentine, Neb. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


 Motorcyclists ride past as the sun sets on the Scotts Bluff National Monument on April 14, 2015 in  Scottsbluff, Neb.  SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


The landscape of the Sandhills on April 15, 2015 off of Nebraska Highway 71 north of Scottsbluff, Neb. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


Brandon Flores, left, and Wade Morgan, right, owner of Morgan's, chat on April 14, 2015 in Ellsworth, Neb. The shop sells hunting and fishing gear as well as clothing and provisions. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD


The Sandhills can be see through a ranch sign on April 15, 2015 off of US Route 20, the Bridges to Buttes Byway, near Merriman Neb. SARAH HOFFMAN/THE WORLD-HERALD