Out in the parks
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument is planning to host wood carver Leonard Yellow Horse, August 30-September 1, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the monument visitor center, located at 301 River Road, Harrison Nebraska, 69346.
Enjoy a pleasant early evening birding stroll around the vicinity of the Scotts Bluff National Monument Visitor Center to wrap up World Migratory Bird Day. Whether you are new to birding, an avid birder, or just want to get outdoors and enjoy some time with others, everyone is welcome!
Celebrate Jewel Cave National Monument’s Birthday with a free lantern-led Scenic tour on Saturday, 2/7 at 12:15 p.m.
Join a park ranger to learn about the importance of Wind Cave National Park’s night sky
Enjoy blue skies, green grass and wildflowers as we kick off the summer program season. Rolfsmeier, director of the High Plains Herbarium and instructor at Chadron State College, will lead the group on a short walk on the trails near the monument visitor center, identifying wildflowers and plants along the way.
Martin Gilmore is scheduled to present his program The History of the American West Through Song on Friday, July 17 at 7:00 p.m. at the Scotts Bluff National Monument Visitor Center Amphitheater, located at 190276 Old Oregon Trail in Gering, NE.Join Martin Gilmore for a musical journey through traditional and original folk songs connected to […]
Join Martin Gilmore for a musical journey where he will present traditional and original folk
songs connected to the history and landscape of the American West.
Guided by Tradition: Using Pawnee Oral Histories to Rethink Radiocarbon Dating on the Great Plains is a free evening lecture at the Scotts Bluff National Monument Visitor Center. Carlton Shield Chief Gover, a citizen of the Pawnee Nation and Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Kansas, examines how Indigenous oral traditions can inform […]
