Inside the School of Natural Resources

Sara Brock-Contreras (at center) walks visiting scholars from Kazakhstan through lesson plans created with funding of an EPA Environmental Education grant.
Sara Brock-Contreras (at center) walks visiting scholars from Kazakhstan through lesson plans created with funding of an EPA Environmental Education grant.

Brock-Contreras earns award as SNR doctoral student

Sara Brock-Contreras's concern for groundwater quality and other Nebraskans has earned her an award locally and an ear nationally. Continue reading…

 
 Ava Britton holds a drake Northern Pintail while helping a doctoral student, Ethan Dittmer, on his Southeast Kansas Mallard GPS project in November 2025.
Ava Britton holds a drake Northern Pintail while helping a doctoral student, Ethan Dittmer, on his Southeast Kansas Mallard GPS project in November 2025.

Britton soaring with duck research in Nebraska

When Ava Britton left Connecticut to move to Nebraska to conduct duck research there and in South Dakota, her family and friends questioned her, “Why Nebraska?” She soon found answers in the duck research--and for the friends who questioned her state choices. Continue reading…

 
Emma Bullerman admits that there was a period where she thought she wanted to get out of Nebraska.
Emma Bullerman admits that there was a period where she thought she wanted to get out of Nebraska.

Bullerman follows a family legacy into Nebraska’s prairies

Emma Bullerman is interning with Prairie Plains Resource Institute alongside her father, helping restore Nebraska prairies through native seed collection. After initially wanting to leave Nebraska, she rediscovered passion for conservation, studying fisheries and wildlife at Nebraska U. Continue reading…

 
Originally published June 24, 2026 - Submit an Item