56 NEBRASKAland • APRIL 2016
T
hroughout Nebraska, school students grades
4-7 are invited to participate in the Outdoor
Discovery Program, as it provides youth with
additional opportunities for numerous hands-on
adventures in the outdoors. In addition, these
activities are designed to correlate with Nebraska's
state educational standards in science, history,
math, reading and writing.
These opportunities include engaging in shooting
sports, fishing, archery, outdoor cooking, kayaking,
wildlife identification, scheduled demonstrations, live
animal displays, camping games and more.
Below are the dates for this year's Outdoor
Discovery events:
Platte River State Park: April 13-14
Scottsbluff Trails West YMCA Camp: April 26-27
Fort Kearny State Recreation Area: May 5-6
For more information on the Game and Parks
Commission's outdoor education programs, visit
Outdoornebraska.gov/ODP.
Outdoor Discovery
Tatuana Zamudio of Kearney shows a fish print she made
at the 2012 Fort Kearny Outdoor Expo.
Conservation Officer Mitch Johnson shows participants the basic paddling strokes before they hit the water at the Kayaking exhibit
at the 2014 Expo.
PHOTO
BY
ERIC
FOWLER
PHOTO
BY
ERIC
FOWLER
