Platte River Prairies Volunteers Make a Difference!
Spend a Saturday morning with like-minded prairie enthusiasts, and keep these grasslands healthy and full of life. Platte River Prairies offers a variety of ways you can help protect and maintain this important habitat, including trail maintenance, invasive species management, seed collection and more.
RSVP to Steve Schafer at steven.schafer@tnc.org. An email confirmation will be sent 7-10 days prior to each event. Last-minute cancellations because of weather or circumstances will be sent by email and phone calls to everyone who registered for that particular day. All workdays are Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. until noon.
If you arrive late and no one is there, please call 402-310-1503. Bring sturdy shoes, a hat, a water bottle and work clothes. Sunscreen would be a good idea!
2023 Schedule of Work Days
February 25: crane blind preparations
March: staff preparations from crane watching events
April 8: basal bark treating
April 22: basal bark treating
May 6: thistle patrol
May 20: thistle patrol/invasive tree control
June 3: thistle patrol
June 17: seed collection
July 8 (note change of date): seed collection and public field day
July 15: seed collection
July 29: seed collection
August 12: seed collection
August 26: seed collection
September 9: TBD
September 23: TBD
October 7: TBD
October 21: TBD
November 4: TBD
December 2: TBD
December 16: TBD
