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corners into CRP."
Since Harleigh's internship with Pheasants Forever,
she has worked at Two Rivers State Recreation Area and
received training to become a park naturalist. Additionally,
she received her Master Naturalist certifi cation in 2022. She
currently works as an archery and fi rearms instructor at the
Turpin Outdoor Education Center in Lincoln.
It was through Harleigh's work with Game and Parks that
her next hunting opportunity fi nally unfolded.
Mentorship
While working the Missouri River Outdoor Expo, Harleigh
connected with Christy Christiansen, a Game and Parks
outdoor education specialist, who told her about the
Becoming an Outdoors-Woman program.
In October 2022, Harleigh attended the Ladies' Learn to
Pheasant Hunt program at Oak Creek Sporting Club near
Brainard. The three-day event was sponsored by BOW and
Pheasants Forever's Women on the Wing initiative. Pheasant
Lisius, second from left, mounts her shotgun as a pheasant flushes at
Oak Creek Sporting Club in Brainard. JENNY NGUYEN-WHEATLEY, NEBRASKALAND
