Wetlands of Nebraska: An Outreach and Education Project

Informing people about Nebraska’s wetland resources and the important services that they provide is a keystone to continuing to develop and refine our state’s wetland program. 

Goals

The main objective of this project is to produce and distribute a series of integrated wetland outreach and education products to increase awareness of the importance of wetlands in Nebraska and an understanding of the need for wetland conservation. These products will provide up-to-date information about Nebraska’s wetlands, which will be aligned with the Nebraska Statewide education standards, and will deliver information in multi-media products that are favorable to today’s audiences. Staff from the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s award winning NEBRASKAland Magazine (outdoornebraska. gov) and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s Platte Basin Timelapse project (plattebasintimelapse.com) will help produce these products. Providing these products to the public and school students across Nebraska will result in increased awareness of the importance and need for wetland conservation.