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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.

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.

Young NE Ecologists debuts with more in-depth look at nature

Five high school students completed Backpacking 101 and studied various ecosystems in the first ever Young Nebraska Ecologists program last week.