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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

In 2022, the Migratory Bird Initiative began traveling around North America supporting the growing network of Motus stations installed by Audubon and its partners. We helped build stations in the...

For generations, the West Branch of the Little Calumet River was a source of life, connection, and culture for communities in northwest Indiana. But over the past century, this once meandering and...

For generations, the West Branch of the Little Calumet River was a source of life, connection, and culture for communities in northwest Indiana. But over the past century, this once meandering and...

 
Photo by Allison Dush
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