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Come learn about Nebraska owls at Family Nature Club.

Join Noelle Grunwald, the Nebraska Environmental Educator with Bird Conservancy of the Rockies, on Saturday, February 17th from 10:00-11:00 am in the Scotts Bluff National Monument Visitor Center to learn more about the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) and how you can participate in this free and fun global event.

Holiday events this year at Wind Cave National Park begin Wednesday, December 13, with the park’s holiday open house, followed by the park’s annual Christmas Bird Count on Sunday, December 17.

Explore the natural world during the annual City Nature Challenge! Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site and the Saugus River Watershed Council will host a special event on Saturday, April 29, 2023 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Saugus Iron Works.

Point Reyes National Seashore announces its annual summer weekend beach closure for the protection of federally-threatened nesting western snowy plovers. The closure is a small stretch of beach located between North Beach parking lot and the mouth of Abbotts Lagoon. It is in effect for each Saturday, Sunday, and federal holiday from May 28 through Labor Day, September 5, 2022.

Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial will implement a plan to reduce its impact to migratory birds while maintaining the cultural significance of the Monument through its associated nighttime illumination

Gulf Islands National Seashore has begun increasing enforcement actions to protect nesting shorebirds in Florida and on islands in Mississippi for fiscal year 2022.

Gettysburg National Military Park and the South Mountain Audubon Society invite the public to participate in a free guided bird walk on February 19 at the Emmanuel Harman farm, a battlefield site that is the former Gettysburg Country Club.

For the first time in almost 70 years, a peregrine falcon chick has hatched and is learning to fly at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. The fledgling has been spotted flying around the cliffs of Maryland Heights alongside watchful parents. It was one of three hatchlings, but the only chick to make it through the vulnerable newborn phase and successfully fledge (develop feathers that enable it to fly).

Point Reyes National Seashore announces its annual summer weekend beach closure for the protection of federally-threatened nesting western snowy plovers. The closure is a small stretch of beach located between North Beach parking lot and the mouth of Abbotts Lagoon. It is in effect for each Saturday, Sunday, and federal holiday from May 29 through Labor Day, September 6, 2021.