State parks site of educational events throughout November

LINCOLN –Nebraska Game and Parks Commission educators have scheduled interesting and engaging events for the curious in November. Here are some opportunities: – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s virtual webinar series “The Science of …” continues in November. Every Thursday at 3 p.m., Game and Parks educators will discuss the science behind common things regarding nature and animals. The topics are: Nov. 2 – Canids; Nov. 9 – Opossums; Nov. 16 – Venom and Poison.

The webinars are free, but separate registration is required for each. See the calendar event entries at calendar. outdoornebraska.gov for registration links.

Contact monica.macoubrie@nebraska.gov for more information.

– Platte River State Park will host Veterans Appreciation Day on Nov. 11. The first 50 visitors with a military ID will receive a token for one free shooting activity at the Roger G. Sykes Outdoor Heritage Complex from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Instructors will be available for trap shooting, .22 rifles, pellet guns, archery, tomahawks and slingshots. There also will be naturalists at the event with outdoor learning activities.

– Adults looking to explore the outdoors with their young children are invited to Little Saplings, a monthly early childhood nature discovery program at Schramm Education Center near Gretna.

The 2023 series, which occurs the first Wednesday of the month, continues Nov. 1 with the theme Soil at 9 and 10 a.m. It is designed for children ages 2-5 and their adult caregivers.

See the calendar event entry at calendar.outdoornebraska. gov for more information.

– Want to try something new? Come to Eugene T. Mahoney State Park in November for Shooting Sports Saturdays, when a different discipline will be featured each week.

At 1 p.m. behind the park’s Bur Oak Shelter, the program’s schedule will be: Nov. 4 – archery; Nov. 11 – atlatl; Nov. 18 – slingshots. The programs will last one hour.

– Join the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission as it hosts Nebraska Nature Nerd Trivia Night at 7 p.m. Nov. 9 at McCue’s Nebraska Taproom in Kearney.

Get your teams of no more than five players and be ready to compete for prizes. These events are for adults only and are free to attend with a purchase from the brewery.