Nebraska Outdoor Calendar

Event Series Wise & Wild

Wise & Wild

Schramm Education Center 21502 West Highway 31, Gretna, NE

This program is designed for seniors who love the outdoors and want to enjoy time in the parks. We will share a variety of nature-related topics with activities indoors and out. Join us on your own or bring along friends of any age. Free program. Thursdays from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. March 16 - […]

Event Series Wise & Wild

Wise & Wild

Schramm Education Center 21502 West Highway 31, Gretna, NE

This program is designed for seniors who love the outdoors and want to enjoy time in the parks. We will share a variety of nature-related topics with activities indoors and out. Join us on your own or bring along friends of any age. Free program. Thursdays from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. March 16 - […]

Youth Fishing Instructor Certification Class, Ponca State Park

Ponca State Park 88090 Spur 26 E, Ponca, NE

Youth Fishing Instructors are part of the Youth Fishing Program, a statewide team of volunteers and Game and Parks staff who host educational fishing events. Workshop participants will receive training and tools to conduct youth fishing clinics. These volunteers will have access to Game and Parks’ loaner fishing equipment and educational materials for events. They […]

Event Series Wise & Wild

Wise & Wild

Schramm Education Center 21502 West Highway 31, Gretna, NE

This program is designed for seniors who love the outdoors and want to enjoy time in the parks. We will share a variety of nature-related topics with activities indoors and out. Join us on your own or bring along friends of any age. Free program. Thursdays from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. March 16 - […]

City Nature Challenge: Lincoln-Lancaster County

Check out the discussion for CNC events happening around Lincoln all weekend long! From April 28 - May 2, 2023, participants across the globe will be exploring their homes, gardens, and parks to find and record as many different types of wildlife as possible. Observations should be uploaded through the free app/website iNaturalist. Check out […]

City Nature Challenge Norfolk-Madison County

What birds are singing in your neighborhood? What insects are visiting your garden? How many types of trees are on your block? Join cities from around the world and put Madison County on the map, by documenting the wildlife that calls our urban environments home during the 2023 City Nature Challenge. From April 28- May […]

CNC Across LNK (City Nature Challenge Across Lincoln)

Naturalist volunteers will be set up at 10 parks across Lincoln, NE to help answer questions about the City Nature Challenge, iNaturalist, and nature. Visit one or more of the designated locations to find and upload observations of wildlife. Naturalists will be at: Holmes Lake Antelope Park (Find us at the Arbor Day Event 11 […]

Free

Youth Fishing Instructor Training: Alliance

Knight Museum and Sandhills Center 908 Yellowstone Ave., Alliance, NE

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission plans to certify youth fishing instructors at a workshop from 6 to 9 p.m. May 2 at the Knight Museum and Sandhills Center at Alliance. Instructors are part of the Youth Fishing Program, a statewide team of volunteers and Game and Parks staff who host educational fishing events. Workshop […]

Youth Fishing Instructor Training: Chadron

Chadron State Park 15951 Highway 385, Chadron, NE

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will certify youth fishing instructors at a workshop from 6 to 9 p.m.  May 3 at Chadron State Park. Instructors are part of the Youth Fishing Program, a statewide team of volunteers and Game and Parks staff who host educational fishing events. Workshop participants will receive training and tools […]

CNC ID Party: Insects

We need your help to identify all of the City Nature Challenge observations found in Nebraska! Join Nebraska Game and Parks and The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation on May 2 from 12:30- 1:30 PM CST to work together to identify as many insect and other invertebrate observations as possible. Content experts will be there […]

Free
Event Series Wise & Wild

Wise & Wild

Schramm Education Center 21502 West Highway 31, Gretna, NE

This program is designed for seniors who love the outdoors and want to enjoy time in the parks. We will share a variety of nature-related topics with activities indoors and out. Join us on your own or bring along friends of any age. Free program. Thursdays from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. March 16 - […]

Birding Basics Chat at Platte River State Park

Platte River State Park Louisville, NE

Join us at Platte River State Park for a Birding Basics Chat! Learn about what it takes to be a birder and ways to identify birds that you see. Explore resources that you may want to have in your backpack as a birder. Meet at the Nature Center below Mallet Lodge for this free program […]