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Our Mission

Explore. Contribute. Connect.

The Nebraska Master Naturalist Program is a public and private partnership supported by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Nebraska Environmental Trust, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and Nebraska Master Naturalist Foundation. Our program recruits, trains, manages, and provides resources for our Naturalist members participating in interpretation and outreach, resource management, citizen science, and outdoor skills and recreation in Nebraska.

Photo by Adrian Olivera

Our Impact to Date Since 2010

  • Trained Master Naturalists

    685

  • Volunteer Hours

    109,473

  • Volunteer Projects

    9,000

  • Impact Value

    $3481241

News & Notes

After a long and exhausting migratory journey from South America, a female Least Tern arrives in the Florida Panhandle just in time for breeding season. With increasing habitat loss and human...

This year marks a decade of BirdReturns—a groundbreaking program that brings together private wetlands managers, farmers, scientists, and conservationists to create vital habitat for migratory...

Last weekend I enjoyed a late afternoon of surfing on the Alabama coast in some mellow, early summer waves (yes, there are actually surfable waves—and amazing beaches—in Alabama). As I sat on my...

 
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