LINCOLN— The Nebraska Sandhills, a richly illustrated collection of essays celebrating the history, geography, ecology and culture of Nebraska’s Sandhills, has been named the winner of the 2025 Nebraska Book Award in the category of
Nonfiction: Nebraska as Place.
Commissioned by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources (IANR) to commemorate IANR’s 50th anniversary and the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources’ (CASNR) 150th anniversary, the book was envisioned as both a scholarly resource and a celebration of one of the world’s most unique and fragile ecosystems…