Celebrate National Public Lands Day at your local National Park Service site: Homestead National Monument of America! On Saturday, September 28 the monument will host a series of nature discovery walks with Natural Resource Specialist Jesse Bolli. These walks are free and fun for all ages! During the walks, visitors are encouraged to engage in citizen science by helping the park to search for and take photographs of plants, insects, birds, and animals with their cell phones to be uploaded to iNaturalist so the species can be identified and archived into the future. Each walk begins and ends at the Homestead Education Center. The schedule for the nature walks is as follows:
8:00 a.m. Bird Walk
10:00 a.m. Plant Walk
1:00 p.m. Bug Walk
National Public Lands Day was established in 1994 and is celebrated every year on the fourth Saturday of September. The date celebrates the connection between people and green spaces in their community, inspires environmental stewardship, and encourages the use of open space for education, recreation, and general health.
Homestead National Monument of America has an exciting schedule of events planned for 2019. Keep up with the latest information by following us on Twitter (HomesteadNM), Facebook (Homestead National Monument of America), and Instagram (HomesteadNPS). For more information on programs or activities, please call 402-223-3514 or visit www.nps.gov/home.
Homestead National Monument of America is a unit of the National Park Service located four miles west of Beatrice, Nebraska and 45 miles south of Lincoln. Hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Admission is free of charge. For additional information, please call 402-223- 3514 or visit http://www.nps.gov/home.
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Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
