 Ryan Bandmiller at 853 on WDEL. The flying squirrel has returned to Lincoln, Nebraska, and it turns out it may never have left. I'm Ryan Bandmiller on business. Recently, a tree-trimming crew was chopping down a dying oak at the University of Nebraska when it made a surprising discovery, flying squirrels. Turns out they had been living undetected just above the animal experts at the University School of Natural Resources, a big shop to them who was under the impression the only population of flying squirrels were living in the southeast corner of the state.