Levi SaBell, 2017 Aurora graduate, stands on the iconic No. 16 stadium hole at TPC Scottsdale in Arizona alongside Bob Vokey, one of the biggest names in golf.
Prairie Plains Resource Institute’s Sarah Bailey, center, helps Youth Naturalist campers gather insects last week on the Gjerloff Prairie west of Marquette.
Pictured last week on a backpacking hike into camp at Niobrara Valley Preserve are, from left: Sarah Bailey, Zildjian Sandberg, Kim Evans, Alex Briner, Atticus Miller and Jacob Fink.
After more than 12 years of planning, all four plaques containing 25 names of fallen WWI-era soldiers made their public debut at Veteran’s Circle in the Aurora Cemetery, where they were recognized on Memorial Day.
Crew members monitor a control burn conducted in May near the entrance to the Prairie Plains Resource Institute warehouse and education center northwest of Marquette.
Bill Whitney shared the journey of the Charles L. Whitney Education Center with visitors during Prairie Plains Resource Institutes’s open house on Saturday.
Atticus Miller, left, and Willa Sharp, right, observe bumble bees and practice identifying different species that they found at Gjerloff Prairie. Katie Lamke (center), Conservation biologist with the Xerces Society, presented to students about the Nebraska Bumble Bee Atlas and helped them net bumble bees so they could be studied up close and identified as a part of a survey out on the prairie.
Photo courtesy of Sarah Bailey // Participants in this year’s Youth Naturalist camp included, from left: Bill Whitney, Kit Brooks, Zildjian Sandberg, Calvin Miller, Kenzie Dubas, Zade Podraza, Jessica Bauers, Mia Leininger, Julia Buss, Sarah Bailey, Trenten Stevens, Jan Whitney and Jonathan Helzer.
The Charles L. Whitney Education Center is reportedly just weeks away from completion west of Marquette. Prairie Plains Resource Institute staff and board members saw a video tour during Saturday’s virtual annual meeting.