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Wildlife Week 2012

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Nebraska’s EXTRA-Ordinary Wildlife

Nebraska is home to an extraordinary diversity of fish and wildlife. From the fastest mammal on the prairie to the tallest bird in North America, one of the rarest beetles in the world to an owl that lives underground, you can find them all in the Cornhusker state.

Help celebrate Nebraska Wildlife Week 2012,

March 19-25, 2012, by celebrating the amazing

diversity of Nebraska wildlife!

On these pages are just a few of the many species of wildlife in Nebraska that deserve the title: EXTRA-ordinary. The National Wildlife Federation web site has dozens more examples of EXTRA-ordinary wildlife from around the USA – fish that fly, birds that walk under water, insects that shoot poison, frogs that freeze solid and then thaw in the spring, and the loudest animal on earth.

Teachers and students: Take part in our

Grade 4-5-6 Wildlife Week Poster Contest.

Entry deadline is April 4, 2012.

Project BEAK provides excellent curriculum ideas for teachers looking for activities related to Nebraska birds.

Thanks to our Wildlife Week partnership sponsors, Central Nebraska Natural Resources District, National Wildlife Federation. Nebraska Bird Library, and Project BEAK. Then check out past Wildlife Week information here.