Next Gen Voices
Each semester, we teach conservation storytelling classes at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Explore stories by students and hear the perspectives of the next generation.
Pit-Stop: How bird migration and our journey through life connect
Artillery
How birds and people share their own stories of migration.
Gliding through the Shadows: UNL’s East Campus Flying Squirrels
Hannah Haun
Uncovering the mysteries of UNL’s tree dwelling neighbor.
Hidden in Plain Sight: Lessons from the Smallest Lives at Conestoga
Corrine Taylor
Nature’s opportunity to be a classroom without walls.
Quest for the Underfoot: Arthropod Diversity at Reller’s Prairie
Ozzy Youngblood
A quest to find one species leads to countless more discoveries.
Outdoor Explorations
Avery Roberts
A journey of learning and self exploration through being in nature.
Mowing Over Bowling Green: A Journey of Discovery Through Rewilding
James Snyder
Transforming an urban lawn back into native prairie.
The Living Amongst the Dead
Sophia Rojas
Insight into the quiet stirrings of wildlife found in an unlikely place.
On Birds and Birders: Community Unites Us
Jane Jewel
A community connected by a shared love for birds.
What Lies Beneath the Giants
Keegan Dunn
An Account of memory and kinship in the great floodplains of Eastern Nebraska.
Small Sizes, Big Changes
Daniel Rice
Campus squirrels and how we have influenced their behaviors.
More Than Just a Trigger Pull
Garret Schmaderer
A story of finding the joy in hunting, while creating a conservation impact.
Broad Water, Narrow Sight
Chris Paladino
A look into the inner-workings of the ABC lab a student founded lab on UNL’s east campus.
From Alaska to Nebraska: The Collection of Specimens
Ava Mcquillen
Far reaching use of museum specimens.
Cultivating Campus: The Power of UNL’s Green Spaces
Lillie Albers
Exploring the benefits of urban green spaces.
The Awakening of Giants in the Midwest
Caden Simon
Experience the story of oak trees through changing seasons and time.
Living Among the Dead
Rowan Griffith
Explore the connection between a graveyard, death, and the natural world.
Fish As Old As Time
Hannah Carden
A journey through the ABC lab meeting the fish and scientists who run the place.
Beyond the Back Porch
Kaden Polt
Exploring the story of Marsh Wren’s long term restoration project.
The Heart of an Ecosystem
Miriam Guiza Beltran
A story of a single tree and its daily rhythms.
Finding the Connective Link
Isabella Villanueva
A story of connection between a community and an elusive specie.
Window Wipeouts: A Cautionary Tale
Grace Carey
A story about how windows can negatively impact migratory birds.
Soil: The Ground Beneath Our Feet
Johnathan Kelly
An introspective story about the benefits of soil.
Between the Leaves
Kinga Alleto
Exploring the beauty and importance of Wilderness Park in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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