Friends of Pioneers Park Nature Center

09/25/2025

📣 We're Hiring at Pioneers Park Nature Center! 🌞

Do you love nature, helping others, and staying organized? We’re looking for a friendly, nature-loving Office Assistant to join our amazing team at Pioneers Park Nature Center!

🌻 Why You’ll Love This Job:
✅ Be the smiling face (and voice) that greets visitors
✅ Support outdoor programs & events
✅ Grow your office & customer service skills
✅ Work in a peaceful, nature-filled setting with a "wild" group of staff and volunteers
✅ Enjoy great city benefits, vacation, and more!

📅 Schedule: Weekdays, 9am–4:30pm
📍 Location: Pioneers Park Nature Center, 3201 S. Coddington Ave., Lincoln, NE
📌 Apply now and be part of something wild(ly) rewarding: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/lincolnne/jobs/5090409/office-assistant-at-pioneers-park-nature-center

Friends of Pioneers Park Nature Center Lincoln Parks Foundation City of Lincoln Government

09/10/2025

🌙✨ Twilight Treks ✨🌙

Experience the magic of the Nature Center after hours! Join us for Twilight Treks, an evening adventure where each program explores something new, from nocturnal wildlife and stargazing to storytelling and natural history.

📆 September 12 | 7:30-9 PM
💵 $5 per person
🕢 Check-in begins 15 minutes before start at Prairie Building
🔦 Dress for the weather & low-light trails
🚫 Pre-registration required | No drop-ins

Space is limited—don’t miss this unique nighttime nature experience!
👉 Register now!
https://bit.ly/4mcdQwp

09/10/2025

Here is some great information as we head into fall.

It's that time of year...as summer wanes into fall and our perennials start to look a bit past their prime, we might feel inclined to cut back the stems, seed heads and grasses in our landscape. But put down those pruners!

Perennials like coneflower, black-eyed Susan, sunflowers, goldenrod, Joe Pye, aster and sedum as well as native grasses offer a nutritious buffet and important habitat for migrating and overwintering birds. Bluebirds, goldfinches, cardinals, chickadees and many other species will feast on seeds throughout the fall and into the winter.

In addition, cavity-nesting bees like leafcutter and mason bees will overwinter in hollow stems. Once the seed heads have been picked over by the birds, you can cut the stems back to 8-24 inches to allow a hollow cylinder for bees to access shelter and nesting material.

More information on feeding birds with spent perennials: https://www.bbg.org/article/want_to_feed_birds_leave_your_perennials_standing

More information on overwintering bees: https://xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/nesting-resources

08/07/2025

07/28/2025

What's for dinner? For the American bison, nothing beats a nice serving of grasses, weeds and leafy plants. 🦬

Bison typically forage for nine to 11 hours a day. In the winter, bison swing their heads from side to side to clear out snow and create foraging patches.

📸: Justin Haag, Nebraskaland Magazine

07/25/2025

The wetland reserve easement program is a voluntary program to restore, protect, and enhance wetlands on private property. It is an opportunity for landowner...