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Scotts Bluff National Monument and Agate Fossil Beds National Monument are hiring Visitor Services Assistant for the Summer of 2025.

A new National Park Service report shows that 189,829 visitors to Scotts Bluff and Agate Fossil Beds National Monuments in 2023 spent $12,990,000 in communities near the parks. That spending supported 171 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $15,318,000.

The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Jay Sturdevant as the superintendent of Scotts Bluff National Monument and Agate Fossil Beds National Monument located in western Nebraska.

The Black Hills Raptor Center will bring their birds of prey and explain why they need dark skies.

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument has the Nebraska Panhandle covered for a summer of amazing star gazing! The park will have six times this summer where the park will be open in the evening during night sky events. Each event will consist of a program on a specific topic, then open time to relax under the stars using your own eyes or one of Agate’s telescopes.

Come celebrate Junior Ranger Careers Day at Scotts Bluff National Monument on Saturday, April 27, 2024! This FREE, family-friendly event will take place at the Scotts Bluff National Monument Visitor Center, located at 190276 Old Oregon Trail in Gering, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

*Update: Due to pending rain/snow storms, Saturday's program will be held as a drop-in program throughout the day from 10-3pm. No telescope viewing will occur at night.* This Saturday, April 6th marks the beginning of night sky programs for the 2024 season at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument. The season begins with a Junior Ranger program focused on the upcoming total solar eclipse. “Eclipse and Eclairs” will start at 7pm just outside the visitor center. Kids can grab a yummy treat while they participate in eclipse activities to earn their Junior Eclipse badge. Telescope viewing will occur from 8-9pm.

Merle “Misty” Brave and Jesse Pina, professors from Oglala Lakota College on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota taught fun science lessons to local families. They brought their Little Shop of Physics to Agate Fossil Beds National Monument last Saturday March 16th in celebration of Science Education Day.

The Artist in Residence Program at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument is in full swing! This month, a landscape photographer will make his home in the park for two weeks. He will host a free special event, “Traditional Black & White Landscape Film Photography” on Saturday, March 23rd from 10-12pm.

Oglala Lakota College is bringing back their Little Shop of Physics program to Agate Fossil Beds National Monument from 12-2pm on Saturday, March 16th. This is in celebration of National Science Education Day, which is the preceding Thursday.