AmeriCorps Spotlight: Nate Ostdiek
Meet Nate Ostdiek! Nate has been serving with Conservation Nebraska's AmeriCorps Common Ground Program since September 2022. He loves reading, hiking, camping, gardening, giving his partner's dog, Stella, belly rubs, and is a humongous fan of Star Wars. Nate graduated...
AmeriCorps Spotlight: Sarah McLain
Meet Sarah McLain. Sarah has been serving with Conservation Nebraska’s AmeriCorps Common Ground program since March 2022. She loves traveling, gardening, baking, playing guitar, dying her hair, making mixed media art, and, most of all, meeting new people.Sarah has...
Staff Spotlight: Favian Mendez
Meet Favian Mendez, former Communications Intern, now Program Manager for Conservation Nebraska!Favian was born in Washington and a few years later, moved to Crete, Nebraska when he was four. Like any child, he liked to spend time outside and ride his bike to the city...
Know Nebraska: Backyard Livestock
Nebraska is no stranger to livestock. Cows outnumber humans by 3.5x, and three Nebraska counties are currently among the top US cattle counties (Cherry, Custer, and Holt County). However, when thinking about livestock in Nebraska, one doesn’t typically tend to picture...
Know Nebraska: Foraging and Food Forests
Food insecurity is an issue that plagues communities across the nation. Food deserts, or areas where residences do not have access to a reliable source of healthy food within a convenient traveling distance (typically a full service grocery store, rather than a corner...
Know Nebraska: Nebraska Invasive Species
What are invasive species? Though the natural world doesn’t follow man-made borders, every species on earth has somewhere it originated from, and places where it would throw off the natural balance. The term “invasive species” describes any plant, animal, pathogen,...
Know Nebraska: Beekeeping in Nebraska
Beekeeping is a practice which has existed for thousands of years. It is thought that Egyptians were the first practitioners of beekeeping, starting the practice around 10,000 years ago; where they would utilize hollowed-out tree stumps to mimic the natural habitats...
Know Nebraska: Nebraska’s Green Infrastructure
Nebraska’s water resources are highly revered not only across the state, but across the country. Nebraska has the most groundwater out of any other state, due to the presence of the Ogallala Aquifer and we’re home to 80,000 miles of rivers and streams. Nebraska also...
Join Our Team! Now accepting applications for our 2022-2023 AmeriCorps service year!
Conservation Nebraska is now accepting applications for our Columbus, NE 2022-2023 AmeriCorps service year position! The term of service will begin October 2022 through August 31, 2023. This position can be used to satisfy an internship requirement. Interested parties...
Know Nebraska: Nitrates in Nebraska
What exactly are nitrates?Nitrates, which is a form of nitrogen, are plant nutrients needed for improved growth, but excess of these nutrients can cause adverse impacts on human health. When too much nitrogen or fertilizer is applied, plants cannot absorb the nitrates...