Nebraska Game and Parks Outdoor Calendar
Game and Parks Events
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 Nebraska native reptiles from October 1-31, 2024. Entries can be uploaded to: https://outdoornebraska.gov/.../reptile-awareness-month/...as scanned images or photos of the artwork. Contest this year includes the following […]
Registration for the Turpin Outdoor Education Center's GSSF Indoor League Series - Match 2 on October 1st or 5th. For this series, each match will be offered on two dates - attend on whichever day works best for your schedule (Tuesday or Saturday). This is the SECOND match for this series. Competitors must shoot in two out of the three available […]
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 (snakes, turtles & lizards) and learn about Nebraska’s native reptile species from Nebraska Game & Parks staff. There will be crafts and activities for the […]
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 visitors at each station. Sensory Safari is a partnership with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Mary F. Tous Charitable Foundation and Nebraska Center for […]
Take your first shots with us! The biggest challenge for new shooters is getting started. First Shots makes getting started in shooting very easy - and, thanks to NSSF partnership*, it's only $10! At a First Shots seminar, you'll receive: -An educational introduction to the safe and recreational use of firearms -Individual and group training […]
Some critters that get a bad rap for being spooky. Join our park naturalists at Eugene T. Mahoney State Park this October and learn to love things like bats, spiders and snakes for their unique adaptations and their positive impact on the ecosystem. Meet at the Nature Center. A valid Nebraska state park vehicle permit […]
Join our park naturalists at Platte River State Park on Fridays in October from 4-6 p.m. for beginner astronomy activities! Make a constellation, use a star chart to identify seasonal stars, examine a moon globe and compare it to the moon you see in the sky and more. Use what you learn late at night […]
Our recreational archery club is open to participants who have previously been enrolled in JOAD at the intermediate level OR have achieved the listed prerequisites. There will be no formal archery lesson or achievements for this section - archers are able to come and work at their own pace and can request guidance if desired. […]
Registration for the Turpin Outdoor Education Center's GSSF Indoor League Series - Match 2 on October 1st or 5th. For this series, each match will be offered on two dates - attend on whichever day works best for your schedule (Tuesday or Saturday). This is the SECOND match for this series. Competitors must shoot in two out of the three available […]
Enjoy an autumn hike with a park naturalist on Saturdays in October to look for seeds at Platte River State Park! Make observations, learn how seeds travel and identify the trees that certain seeds have fallen from. Meet at the Nature Center. A valid state park vehicle permit is required for entry.
Some critters that get a bad rap for being spooky. Join our park naturalists at Eugene T. Mahoney State Park this October and learn to love things like bats, spiders and snakes for their unique adaptations and their positive impact on the ecosystem. Meet at the Nature Center. A valid Nebraska state park vehicle permit […]
Experience a 1824 Harvesting Style living history weekend at Fort Atkinson State Historical Park! Visitors will be able to glimpse the activities that would have taken place at this 1820s era outpost. Weekend Highlights: Learn about the election in 1824! Saturday A bison butchering demonstration and Native drumming will take place. Guest speaker (2 p.m.) […]
