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SNR to host evening with biologists & birds

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7:00 pm
Hardin Hall
3310 Holdrege St
Lincoln NE 68583
Additional Info: HARH
Contact:
Dave Wedin, (402) 472-9608, dwedin1@unl.edu
“Cranes, Ducks and Prairie Chickens: An evening with Conservation Biologists and Birds from the Madson Collection.” Great Plains waterfowl, grouse and cranes—all birds that migrate along the flyways over Nebraska—will be on display, as will pieces by well-known conservation photographer Michael Forsberg. Experts will be on hand, bridging biology, conservation and art through discussion. Doors will open at 7 p.m., and “gallery” talks will begin at 7:30 p.m. Parking is free.

The waterfowl and grouse galleries will feature museum mounts from the Madson collection and Sandhill and Whooping crane mounts will be on loan from the State Museum for the event. Shelly Burge’s “Crane River Morning,” a 26-foot-by-6-foot quilt on permanent display in Hardin Hall, will serve as the backdrop for the gallery and discussion.

This outreach activity at Hardin Hall is in cooperation with the weeklong residency of Heather Henson, of IBEX Puppetry, with the Lied Center of Performing Arts. Henson, the daughter of Jim Henson, the creator of Kermit the Frog and Elmo, has spent time in Nebraska over the last five years visiting Audubon Centers, meeting artists, connecting with indigenous tradition bearers, and learning from ecological experts about cranes, their habits and their behaviors. Out of that came the production “Crane: On Earth, In Sky,” a play on crane migration and the cultures with which it interacts. That performance will be at 7 p.m. March 9 at the Lied Center.

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This event originated in School of Natural Resources.