Join Jody as she shines a spotlight on often-overlooked pollinators, including wild and solitary bees. She will inspire you to discover and cherish the fascinating world of bees and other pollinating insects that may call your backyard home. Learn how to attract, identify, appreciate, and conserve these vital creatures, and take steps to protect the essential role they play in our ecosystems. Registration Required.

Event by Nebraska Extension in Douglas-Sarpy Counties

Learn to identify native and invasive trees, plants, and shrubs that impact western Iowa’s prairie and savanna ecosystems. This hands-on course will teach you how to recognize species that need protection and those that require management or removal to preserve fragile landscapes Registration and Fee Required.

Event by Golden Hills RC&D and Iowa Western Community College

Are you interested becoming a community scientist and helping conserve Nebraska’s rare, at-risk butterflies? If so, please join Nebraska Game and Parks Commission wildlife biologists on Saturday, May 31 at the Schramm Education Center to learn how to participate in the monarch and regal fritillary community science project. Help us collect valuable data about these at-risk species in the state. Registration Required

Event by Nebraska Monarch and Pollinator Initiative

Invasive species are plants, animals, or other organisms that live in water or on land that are found in an area that they are not from. They harm other wildlife from the area by using up their resources, such as water, food, and habitat, that they need to survive. Nebraska’s invasive species professionals will come together to teach you about Nebraska’s invasive species threats. You’ll learn about what species threaten Nebraska, what their impacts are, how to identify them, and how to prevent their spread. This event includes workshops and activities designed for all ages and skill sets.

Event by Nebraska Game and Parks and the Nebraska Invasive Species Council

Join the Iowa DNR, INHF, The Nature Conservancy, County Conservation Boards from Monona, Woodbury, Harrison, and Pottawattamie counties, and many other organizations for the Great Race Against Shrubs and Shade (G.R.A.S.S.) — one of Iowa’s largest land restoration events! This year’s workday will take place at the Turin Wildlife Management Area, where volunteers and partner organizations will work together to remove invasive cedar trees and help preserve the health and vitality of the Loess Hills' hillside prairies.

Event by Iowa Department of Natural Resources

The main program will be presented by Loren. His talk is titled "Butterflies and Other Wild Creatures of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas.”

Event by Pottawattamie County - Hitchcock Nature Center

In this webinar, we are exploring four ways to build invertebrate habitat: restored prairies, greenroofs, urban farms, and solar arrays! Join us and our guest expert to discover the science behind these features, and how to make them successful! Registration Required.

Event by The Xerces Society

For a second evening, join Conservation Nebraska and Bob Henrickson, from the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, to discuss planting for pollinators at home. Bob will cover what can you do and what can you plant to attract these pollinators to your home garden. We hope to bring you even more knowledge, so join us again and bring your questions for Bob! Registration Required.

Event by Conservation Nebraska

We’ll spend time getting to know the bees that call Nebraska home, while also highlighting other beautiful and fascinating bees from across the continent. This presentation will explore the variety of shapes, sizes, colors, and behaviors of North American bees, their importance as pollinators, and the challenges they face in a rapidly changing environment. Registration Required.

Event by Conservation Nebraska

With a variety of educational exhibits, interactive activities, and informative presentations, attendees will learn about the importance of reducing waste, conserving energy, and preserving our natural resources.

Event by Earth Day Omaha and Green Omaha Coalition

We invite you to walk through the early spring wildflowers with our naturalist. Learn the names, uses and history of these Wildflowers.

Event by Cass County Conservation

At this event, experts from partner organizations will be leading observation sessions and activity booths focused on Nebraska’s plants and wildlife along with conservation practices. The evening will wrap up with a naturalist led hike as dusk begins to fall.

Event by Nebraska Wildlife Education and Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center

Almost half of Nebraska is rangeland and about one third of the continental USA is rangeland, yet rangeland has received little attention in regard to monarch butterfly conservation. Monarch caterpillars require milkweed hosts, and it has generally been assumed that large grazers such as cattle and bison will not eat milkweed. However, we have found that large grazers eat milkweeds at approximately the same rate as grasses in Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas. Available both In Person and Online. Registration Required for Online.

Event by Conservation Nebraska

This online event will guide you through the process of designing, planning, and installing a rain garden in your yard, all from the comfort of your home. Registration Required

Event by Conservation Nebraska

Between climate change, the widespread use of pesticides, habitat loss, and the amplification and spread of diseases from commercial bees, bumble bees face an uphill challenge to recover from observed declines, and repopulate areas where they’ve been lost. In this webinar we will discuss bumble bee ecology, how that interacts with ongoing conservation issues, and what we can all do to help. The good news is that we can all contribute. Beyond participating in our Bumble Bee Atlas projects (bumblebeeatlas.org), protecting, creating, and restoring habitat is the key. We’ll discuss how to provide critical aspects of habitat to benefit each stage of the life cycle, whether you have a small porch, or manage several acres. Registration Required.

Event by Bumble Bee Atlas