Wildlife Conservation

Backyard, Acreage, and Farm Wildlife

Backyard Wildlife - Planting for Habitat

• Backyard Wildlife: Feeding Birds
• Backyard Wildlife: Making It Come Alive
• Backyard Wildlife: To Feed a Hummingbird
• Backyard Wildlife: Tips for Success
• Backyard Wildlife: Planting for Habitat
• Landscape Plants for Wildlife

Cats and Wildlife

• American Bird Conservancy: A Five-State Review
• Society of Mammalogists Policy
• US Fish and Wildlife Service
• Wildlife Society Policy

Public Incentive and Cost-Share Programs

• Public Incentive Programs

Windbreaks

• Field Windbreaks
• How Windbreaks Work
• Windbreak Establishment
• Windbreaks for Livestock Operations
• Windbreaks for Rural Living
• Windbreak Management
• Windbreaks for Snow Management
• Windbreaks and Wildlife
• Windbreaks in Sustainable Agricultural Systems
• Windbreak Renovation

Educational Resources

• Bird Management Modules
• Packets and Posters (Nebraska Maps and More)
• Project Learning Tree / Project Wet
• Project Wild
• Publications

Links

• Wildlife Links

Nebraska Wildlife

• All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
• Birds of Nebraska (Nebraska Game and Parks)
• Fishes of Nebraska (Nebraska Game and Parks)
• Nebraska Wildlife Species (Nebraska Game and Parks)
• Reptiles and Amphibians (UNL School of Natural Resources)

Programs of Interest

• Nebraska Birding Trails
• Nebraska Partnership for All Bird Conservation (NPABC)
• Nebraska's Natural Legacy Project (Nebraska Game and Parks Commission)
• Tern and Plover Conservation Program (UNL School of Natural Resources)

Wildlife Injury and Disease

Wildlife Health

• Chronic Wasting Disease (US Department of the Interior)
• National Wildlife Health Center (US Geological Survey)
• Nebraska Wildlife Rescue
• Nebraska Raptor Recovery
• Wildlife Disease Association

Human Health

• General (University of Nebraska Lancaster County Extension)
• Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Hantavirus is a deadly disease transmitted by infected rodents through urine, droppings, or saliva.
• Histoplasmosis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Histoplasmosis is a disease caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum. The fungus grows in soil and material contaminated with bat or bird droppings. Spores become airborne when contaminated soil is disturbed.
• National Center for Infectious Diseases
• Rabies (Nebraska Epidemiology)
• West Nile Virus (Nebraska Epidemiology)

Youth Opportunities

• Herpetology Fun!
• Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Program (WHEP)

4-H State Fair Participation

• 2005 Fair Book - Department D
• Score Sheets
• 4-H Nebraska State Fair Information