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NGPC Great Park Pursuit Given the challenging pandemic situation that began in 2020, providers of recreation are considering creative ways to encourage people to get outdoors. The Great Park Pursuit is a program that promotes active lifestyles, while increasing awareness of the state's nature-rich outdoor recreation opportunities by visiting park areas throughout the state. This program is a partnership between Nebraska Game and Parks and the Nebraska Recreation and Park Association. Teams of up to 10 people sign up online and then follow clues from the website or the Great Park Pursuit mobile app to find a program post located somewhere within one of the participating park areas. Once the post is found, the team can use the mobile app to mark their visit, or make a pencil impression of the post to prove they were there. A number of prizes are outlined as incentives to participate in the program. Although this program has been around since 2008, it offers an opportunity for families and close friends to participate in an outdoor adventure together without crowds and interaction with touched surfaces - because the participants use their own cellphones to participate. This not only reduces costs for park areas not having to provide equipment and materials for the program, but also allows the participants the flexibility to go out on their own time, without having to sign up for a particular time slot for the program. Several days can be set aside for this program throughout the summer, which allows for exploration to occur on more than one day. This program recently hit more than 1,000 teams in a single year. This is an example of how you can get creative with your programming to offer self-guided education opportunities for the public, even during some of the most challenging times. Consider how you might dream up creative programming opportunities by networking with surrounding communities and recreation organizations about what they're doing. Sponsors of this program include: Nebraska Chiropractic Physicians Association, Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District, and the Nebraska Association of Resource Districts. 93 Scanning the Great Park Pursuit post in Lake Maloney State Recreation Area. (Lincoln County) SUCCESS STORY G U I D I N G S U C C E S S