Could Nebraska become a destination for 'climate migrants?'

Rural communities across Nebraska have struggled with population loss for decades.

The last census indicated that of the state’s 93 counties, 69 had lost population between 2010 and 2020. A University of Nebraska at Omaha study in 2015 made a sobering projection that only 12 counties in the state would have more residents in 2050 than in 1990.

That continues a slide in rural areas that’s been occurring since the settlement days.

Near a family farm we have in northeast Nebraska, you can scan the valley and count the farmsteads that are no longer there or are largely abandoned.

The population of...