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3 GUIDE TO NEBRASKA'S WETLANDS Acknowledgments T he following individuals served on the Core Team for the Wetlands of Nebraska Outreach and Education project and were instrumental in the planning and implementation: Grace Gaard and Lindsay Rogers (Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (NGPC) Fish and Wildlife Education Division); Shawna Richter-Ryerson, Nick Sauvageau, and Jeff Kurrus (NGPC Communications Division); Randy Stutheit, Molly Haas Wavada, and Ted LaGrange (NGPC Wildlife Division); Kevin Pope (U.S. Geological Survey — Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit); and Mike Forsberg, Mike Farrell, Mariah Lundgren, Brooke Talbott, Ethan Freese, Grant Reiner, and Dakota Altman (University of Nebraska-Lincoln Platte Basin Timelapse). The following individuals served on the Advisory Committee and provided invaluable oversight for this project: Hanna Pinneo (Nebraska Statewide Arboretum), Eliodora Chamberlain, Jeannette Schafer and Justin Kensinger (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), Audrey Webb (Nebraska Department of Education), John Denton and Ele Nugent (Ducks Unlimited), Josh Wilhelm (Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy), Melissa Panella (NGPC), Judi gaiashkibos (Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs), Rochelle Settles and Betsy Barent (Lincoln Public Schools), Dayna Derichs (Millard Public Schools), Jocelyn Harrison (Henry Doorly Zoo), Joey Hajda (Thedford Schools), Lisa Cotter (Lexington Middle School), and Arlys Cupp (Chase County Schools), and Susan Pope, (Educator). Much of the content of this document was built on information compiled by Dick Gersib and Randy Stutheit of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Gordon Coke (The Flatwater Group) helped with writing the section that defi nes saline and alkaline wetlands. Additional subject matter experts providing input included: Andy Caven (Crane Trust); Tom Peterson (Ducks Unlimited); Chris Landland (National Park Service); Tatiana Davila (Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy), Gerry Steinauer, Hannah Jones, Joel Jorgensen, John Laux, Kirk Steffensen, Scott Luedtke, Joe Cassidy, Matthew Garrick, Olivia DaRugna, Rachel Simpson, Thad Huenemann and Zac Brashears (NGPC); Andy Bishop, Dana Varner, Roger Grosse and Greg Brinkman (Rainwater Basin Joint Venture); Chris Helzer and Rich Walters (The Nature Conservancy), and Crystal Powers and Mark Vrtiska (University of Nebraska-Lincoln). Mark Vrtiska coordinated having the following UNL students help format the citations in the reference section: Caitlin Copenhaver, Cole Demuth, Katie Krager, Sean Kruse, and Megan Soldatke. Staff from the following agencies/organizations helped to review this document: Audubon Nebraska, Ducks Unlimited, Nebraska Cattlemen, Pheasants Forever, Crane Trust, Sandhills Task Force, Saline Wetlands Conservation Partnership, Rainwater Basin Joint Venture, The Nature Conservancy, Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy, Nebraska Department of Natural Resources, Nebraska Department of Transportation, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, National Park Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This was printed as a part of the Wetlands of Nebraska Outreach and Education project. Funding for this project was provided by the following: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (grant CD# 97770101), Ducks Unlimited, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Printed as a component of Nebraska's 2021-2025 State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan (SCORP): Guiding Success in Nebraska's Outdoor Recreation. For additional information please contact: Ted LaGrange, Wetland Program Manager Nebraska Game and Parks Commission P.O. Box 30370 Lincoln, NE 68503 Phone: (402) 471-5436 Email: ted.lagrange@nebraska.gov or visit the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission's wetland website at: NebraskaWetlands.com. This site houses all the products created by this project. A great blue heron is an iconic wetland bird. Here it hunts for food in an eastern saline wetland at Shoemaker Marsh near Lincoln. DAKOTA ALTMANN, PLATTE BASIN TIMELAPSE

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