Nebraska Outdoor Calendar

Nebraska Reptile Month Art Contest

Online

October is Nebraska Reptile Month! To celebrate, Nebraska Game and Parks is hosting its annual K-12 art contest. Nebraska students in grades K-12 are invited to submit original artwork featuring […]

FREE

Reptile Family Fun Night

Charles H. Gere Branch Library 2400 S 56th St, Lincoln, NE 68506, Lincoln, NE

Join Lincoln City Libraries & the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission for a Family Fun Night geared towards Reptile Awareness. Stop by the Gere Library to meet some live reptiles […]

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Sensory Safari 2024

Lincoln Children's Zoo 1222 S 27th St, Lincoln, NE 68502

Visually and sensory impaired guests will have the opportunity to touch, feel, hear, and smell at interpretative stations located throughout the Zoo. Nature experts from organizations across Nebraska will engage […]

Wise and Wild: Dutch Oven Cooking

E.T. Mahoney State Park 28500 W Pwy Hwy, Ashland, Nebraska, Online

Wise and Wild is a program is designed for seniors (55 and up) who love the outdoors and want to enjoy time in the parks. We will share a variety […]

Spider Tales Storytime

Elleinad Books 5930 S. 58th St., Suite S, Lincoln, NE

Come join Elleinad Books and Nebraska Game and Parks for Spider Tales Storytime at 10 AM on Tuesday, October 15th! Educators will read a story using puppets, show spiders preserved […]

FREE

Reptile Art Day

Charles H. Gere Branch Library 2400 S 56th St, Lincoln, NE 68506, Lincoln, NE

Join the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and Lincoln City Libraries for an afternoon of reptile art! October is Nebraska Reptile Month and the annual K-12 art contest is going […]

FREE

Slowpoke Cider Release Party

Glacial Till Cider House & Tasting Room 1419 Silver St, Ashland, NE 68003, Ashland, NE

Get ready to sip, savor, and shell-ebrate the flavors of fall with a wild twist! Glacial Till Vineyard and Nebraska Game and Parks have teamed up for a one-of-a-kind collaboration, […]

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Community Fishing Event: Omaha

Fontenelle Park Pond - Omaha Omaha, NE

Join the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission for a Community Fishing Event at Fontenelle Park Pond, a 4-acre pond at 45th Street and Ames Avenue and bisected by Fontenelle Boulevard […]

Youth Waterfowl Hunt at Clear Creek WMA

Clear Creek Wildlife Management Area 2198 Road West P North, Lewellen, NE

A mentored Youth Waterfowl Hunt will take place on Sunday, Oct. 20 at 8 a.m. Mountain Time at Clear Creek Wildlife Management Area. In-person registration begins at 8 a.m. at […]

Reptiles of Nebraska Event

School of Natural Resources 3310 Holdrege Street, Lincoln, NE

In celebration of October as Nebraska Reptile Month, Nebraska Game & Parks and the School of Natural Resources will be hosting a large-scale family-friendly reptile fun night! Join us at […]

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Science of…Bobcats

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Nebraska is home to two species of large cats- Mountain Lions and Bobcats. Bobcats can be found throughout the state and fill such an interesting niche as a small(er) predator. […]

Learn to Hunt Deer – Online Workshop

Learn tips and techniques for success during this fall firearm deer season from Nebraska Game and Parks staff during this virtual online workshop. Topics covered will include tactics for hunting […]