Ag and Outdoor

Outdoor notes: Prescribed burns set for WMAs, state park areas
Controlled burns to remove tree and brush piles will end as the snow melts.

Pillen’s promises: Economic boom and little harm for neighbors. They haven’t always panned out.
As he grew Nebraska’s largest hog operation, Jim Pillen made economic and environmental assurances to residents of small communities where he was looking to build. Some residents profited. Others say Pillen Family Farms prospered while they suffered.

Outdoor notes: Equestrian campground addition opens at Fort Robinson
The $1.2 million expansion of the Mare Barn Campground at Fort Robinson State Park is scheduled to open this week, bolstering the northwestern Nebraska attraction's reputation as the state's premier destination for those traveling with horses.