By Brigid Tuck Recent visitors to the Ney Nature Center’s education building may have noticed a new wall display in the building.
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Our Mission
by Dick Peterson The Ney Nature Center exists to preserve, manage, and protect the Ney Wildlife Preserve and to inspire generations to learn and experience nature through observation and education. The preceding sentence is the Mission Statement of the Ney Nature Center. The mission statement is a broad challenge to the members and friends of [...]
Joe Doherty: A Passionate Ney Center Volunteer
By Brigid Tuck In the early 1990′s a group of individuals interested in environmental education and learning gathered in Henderson.
Welcome Cheyenne!
by Becky Pollack I am pleased to introduce to you the newest member of our Board of Directors, Cheyenne Yates.
Al Batt “The Bird Nerd” to Headline Spring Fling
By Brigid Tuck “A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” – Al Batt
Our Community
by Dick Peterson Humans, it seems, have always been in conflict with one another, among groups and societies, or among countries over the uses of land and its resources.
2009 Christmas Bird Count Report
By Art and Barb Straub More than 100 children, women and men participated in the 2009 annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) on Saturday, December 19.
Thank you, Ollie
By Carol Jackson Better known as “Ollie” to his friends, family and fellow volunteers at the Ney Nature Center (NNC), Orville Heitkamp has been volunteering since August 1995 when he attended the organizational meeting of what was to become the Ney Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF). And, he hasn’t looked back since.
Eagle Scout projects earn Boy Scouts honor
By Brigid Tuck This past spring and summer, three boy scouts completed service projects at the Ney Nature Center (NNC) on their way to earning Eagle Scout honors.

