Cabela’s Apprenticeship Program is an opportunity for students to gain experience doing research that addresses real issues centered around:

recruiting and maintaining participants in outdoor activities
managing fish and wildlife and creating their habitat
protecting threatened and endangered species
supporting ecosystem conservation

The program is a partnership among Cabela’s, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, with funding provided by Cabela’s.

The 2023-2024 Apprentices are:
Lindsey Blehm, “The Effects of Wildfire Ash on Nebraska’s Sandhill Lakes”
Makena Foley, “Evaluating Land Use Effects on Stream Metabolism”
Madison Hein, “Finding the Balance Between Livestock Production and Wildlife Habitat”
Lenny Huff and Kate Glause, “Antibotics in Our Surface Water”
Ella Humphrey, “The Thermal Tolerances and Heat Shock Protein Regulation of Notropis dorsalis”
Josie Ivy, “Expanding Access to Outdoor Education Opportunties for Marginalized Communities in Central Nebraska”
Kaitlyn Richards, “Iowa Department of Natural Resources Internship”
Megan Francis Snow, “Attitudes of Individuals at a Nebraskan University Toward Sub-Order Serpentes”

A poster presentation of their work will be held on April 25, 2024 in the second floor south Lobby of Hardin Hall.

Light snacks and drinks will be provided.