Conservation

Nebraska Outdoor Calendar

Nebraska Master Naturalist Complete Training

Niobrara Valley Preserve 42269 Morel Road, Johnstown, Ne

Complete Training: This training format provides the required 60 hours of classroom content and field activities that allows you to achieve “Certified Nebraska Master Naturalist” status after participating in the full week of training. Content areas can include: Natural Resource Interpretation, Conservation Biology and Ecology, Outdoor Skills, Resource Management, Citizen Science, Reptiles Amphibians Turtles, Mammals, […]

$500

Projects WILD, WET, and Learning Tree Facilitator Training

Lower Elkhorn NRD 1508 Square Turn Blvd., Norfolk, Nebraska

**Projects Learning Tree, WET and WILD Facilitator Training Join a network of like-minded passionate partners to bring quality environmental education professional learning opportunities to educators near you! This training will equip participants in how to lead professional development events for early childhood, K-12, and non-formal educators centered on the trusted, quality Project Learning Tree, Project […]

$35

Creature Comforts: Crafting Homes for Wild Neighbors

Morton James Public Library 923 1st Corso, Nebraska City, NE

Join Nebraska Game and Parks and Morton James Public Library for the "Creature Comforts: Crafting Homes for Wild Neighbors" family workshop series. This engaging hands-on program is designed to connect families with the natural world around them. In this workshop, families will create and decorate a birdhouse that can then be placed around their home. […]

FREE

Statewide Kayak Clean Up at Lake Minatare SRA

Lake Minatare State Recreation Area Minatare, NE

Join us for this special STATEWIDE Kayak Clean Up. Other locations across Nebraska will also participate and clean up their respective habitats. Together, let's see how many pounds of trash we can remove from our ecosystems in just one evening!   We will be providing trash bags & gloves for all those interested in helping […]

Statewide Kayak Clean Up at Lake Wanahoo

Lake Wanahoo NRD Recreation Area HWY 77 & Rd 16, Wahoo, Nebraska

Join us for this special STATEWIDE Kayak Clean Up. Other locations across Nebraska will also participate and clean up their respective habitats. Together, let's see how many pounds of trash we can remove from our ecosystems in just one evening!   We will be providing trash bags & gloves for all those interested in helping […]

Creature Comforts: Crafting Homes for Wild Neighbors

Papillion Public Library 222 N Jefferson St., Papillion, NE

Join Nebraska Game and Parks and Papillion Public Library for the "Creature Comforts: Crafting Homes for Wild Neighbors" family workshop series. This engaging hands-on program is designed to connect families with the natural world around them. In this workshop, families will create a butterfly feeder to place in their backyard. Participants will also receive information […]

FREE

Event Series Master Naturalist Mondays

Collaborating with Partners is a Key to Successful Wetland Conservation in Nebraska

September 16th, 2024 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm (CST) Register Here Nebraska has a long history of collaborative conservation to help deliver wetland conservation across the state.  The talk will describe several of the partnership efforts, discuss the keys to making them successful, and describe the positive benefits they have on wetland conservation.    […]

FREE

Creature Comforts: Crafting Homes for Wild Neighbors

Walt Branch Library 6701 S. 14th St., Lincoln, NE

Join Nebraska Game and Parks and Lincoln City Libraries for the "Creature Comforts: Crafting Homes for Wild Neighbors" family workshop series. This engaging hands-on program is designed to connect families with the natural world around them. In this workshop, families will create a frog and toad abode to place in their backyard. Participants will also […]

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 (snakes, turtles & lizards) and learn about Nebraska’s native reptile species from Nebraska Game & Parks staff. There will be crafts and activities for the […]

FREE

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 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 […]