Get Outside!
Healthy Families Play Outside partners offer these suggestions…
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension, Brooke Levey, 402/472-1478
After school Nature Clubs
Nebraska Project Learning Tree and Project Wet
Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, Christina Hoyt and Sue Kohles, 402/472-5049 and 472-2212
Statewide public gardens and plant information
It's a Kid's Yard! March 20 workshop for creating a yard that will get kids outside
Community landscape grants
School and therapeutic garden consultation
Lower Platte South Natural Resource District , McKenzie Barry, 402/476-2729
Field trip guides to wetlands, prairies, etc.
Outdoor classroom grants
School-based Nature Clubs
Environmental and natural resource-based presentations for schools and events
Lincoln Children's Zoo at 1222 S. 27 th in Lincoln, Mimi Wickless, 402/475-6741
Over 300 species of animals and thousands of plants
Zoo Play and other classes (www.lincolnzoo.org)
MyYard.org, a guide to outdoor family fun
City-wide Safari nature treasure hunt at www.lincolnsafari.org
Pioneers Park Nature Center, Nancy Furman, 402/441-8709
Outdoor classes, tours and hands-on activities
Eight miles of walking trails
Bison, elk, deer, unreleaseable raptors, snakes and turtles…
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Andrea Cade and Mark Humpert, 402/471-0641
Outdoor skills workshops and clinics for kids and adults
Project WILD and WILD Aquatic training for educators, ,
Mentored fishing and hunting programs and state park recreation opportunities statewide
NatureExplore: Dimensions Educational Research Foundation & Arbor Day Foundation, Chris Kiewra, 402/476-8304
Outdoor Classrooms
Workshops for educators and landscape architects
National nature programs for families and educators
The Groundwater Foundation, Carla Otredosky, 402/434-2740
Water Ways: Education for Urban and Rural and Youth and H 2 O on the Go,
http://www.groundwater.org , with camps June 9-13 and June 25