LINCOLN, Neb. – Free bird-banding workshops will be held at Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium this fall and winter. The workshops will be Sept. 8, Oct. 6, Nov. 3 and Dec. 1 from 9-11 a.m. In addition to up-close lessons on field identification, participants will learn more information about many of our state’s …
LINCOLN, Neb. – The Missouri River Outdoor Expo, the largest outdoor expo in the Midwest, marks its eighth year at Ponca State Park on Sept. 15-16. This free event aims to introduce or rekindle a family’s interest in natural resources and outdoor recreation with more than 80 hands-on wildlife and …
LINCOLN, Neb. – A mountain lion was struck and killed by a vehicle on Nebraska Hwy. 71 south of Scottsbluff near the Wildcat Hills Nature Center on the evening of Aug. 27. The mountain lion was a young male weighing approximately 110 pounds. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission retrieved …
LINCOLN, Neb. – Catchable-size black bullheads will be stocked in four eastern Nebraska lakes on Aug. 28, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. The Valentine State Fish Hatchery will stock 8- to 12-inch bullheads in the following lakes: Louisville No. 2A, 1,260 bullheads; Fremont No. 3, 2,630; Two …
LINCOLN, Neb. – Dove season opens Sept. 1 in Nebraska, giving hunters a great opportunity to introduce a novice to wing-shooting. Doves may be hunted statewide from Sept. 1 – Oct. 30, except no hunting is allowed on state and federal refuges and sanctuaries. The aggregate bag and possession limits …
LINCOLN, Neb. – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will train firearm hunter education instructors in September. Training will be Sept. 12 in Lincoln at the Hunter Education Office, 4817 N. 56th St., Ste. 1., and Sept. 13 near Gretna at the Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium, 21502 W. Nebraska Hwy. 31. Training …
LINCOLN, Neb. – Pending final approval by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commissioners, this year’s early teal hunting season will open on the Saturday following Labor Day. The commissioners will consider the 2012 waterfowl season recommendations at their meeting Aug. 31 in Broken Bow. The meeting starts at 8 a.m. …
LINCOLN, Neb. – Nebraska’s Natural Legacy Project has been awarded $800,000 from the Competitive State Wildlife Grant Program Fiscal Year 2012 for the grant “Striding toward Sustainability.” This grant will implement conservation actions primarily on private lands to enhance native prairies, woodlands and wetlands for the benefit of at-risk species, …
LINCOLN, Neb. – With one exception, Labor Day weekend boaters will find Nebraska’s reservoirs have at least one operational boat ramp, and some have more than one. While Sherman Reservoir has no boat ramps available because of low water, Lake McConaughy has two serviceable ramps and Calamus and Box Butte …
LINCOLN, Neb. – The following is a listing of Nebraska Game and Parks Commission events and important dates in September: Sept. 1 – Hunting seasons open for grouse, raccoon, Virginia opossum, cottontail, jackrabbit, dove (mourning, white-winged and Eurasian collared), snipe, and Virginia and sora rail Sept. 1 – National Park …
