Nebraska Game and Parks Outdoor Calendar
Game and Parks Events
There is nature all around us! Knowing what species are in our city and where they are helps us study and protect them, but the ONLY way to do that is by all of us – scientists, land managers, and the community – working together to find and document the nature in our area. By […]
Join us at Pioneers Park Nature Center on Friday April, 25th 6-9PM to celebrate the 10th Annual City Nature Challenge! The City Nature Challenge is a global community science effort to document urban plants, wildlife, and fungi through the free iNaturalist app. Click HERE to learn more about this project. At this event, experts from […]
Do you love butterflies? Are you a community member interested in conservation and science? Then join us for Nebraska’s Big Butterfly Count Training Workshop, Saturday May 3rd 2025, 1PM-5PM at the Crane Trust Nature Center, Wood River Nebraska’s Big Butterfly Count is a community science project that is designed to collect statewide data in order to […]
**Participants must have attended the Nebraska's Big Butterfly Count Virtual Trainings on April 8th and April 10th to register for this field training day** This in-person field training day will take place on Saturday May 10th, 2025 from 1PM-3PM at the Schramm SRA Education Center This field day is your hands-on NBBC survey training, building […]
Looking for something to do with your little ones? Join us Friday May 23rd, 2025 from 10AM-1PM at Mahoney Park Shelter #1 in Lincoln (first shelter near the entrance of the park) for a fun-filled morning of outdoor exploration designed for infants, toddlers, and preschool-age children. There will be a nature discovery area, live animals, […]
June 4th, 2025 | 6:00 - 8:30pm Prairie Pines Nature Preserve, Lincoln Celebrate Wildflower Week with Nebraska Game and Parks educators for a free workshop discovering the beauty of native wildflowers. Participants will learn about native wildflower and pollinator species while getting their hands dirty making their own wildflower seed bombs, designing tote bags with […]
