Expanded Outreach Efforts
T
hanks to the three-year donation
from Cabela's the Nebraska Game
and Parks Foundation was able to
expand the program's reach in 2013.
The program saw a 200 percent growth
in 2013, helping approximately 500
Nebraska youth achieve a lifetime permit
to hunt or fish.
The program has been a very popular
tool for conservation organizations.
Existing partners were offered the
opportunity to apply for additional
"Our local DU chapter benefits
greatly from this program. The
opportunity to provide the youth
in our community the ability
to win a lifetime permit has
increased the number of young
participants over the last three
years we have offered this."
~ Steve Laws, Western Nebraska
Ducks Unlimited Chapter
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permits for their current or new events.
In addition, Game and Parks reached out
to several new partners to offer half-price
lifetime permit drawings at their events.
Some new partners include: Alliance
Youth Archery Program, Bluffs Shooters,
David City Elementary School's Family
Fishing Day, Maniohuta Archers,
Nebraska Fish and Game Association,
Support Educate and Reintegrate
Veterans Everywhere (SERVE), UNL
4-H Youth Fishing and Shooting Sports,
National Wild Turkey Federation, and
Women in the Outdoors. Game and
Parks also allocated more permits for
public events, including the Summit Lake
Grand Opening, Family Fishing Nights
and Mahoney State Park Run Wild
Event, with more permits allocated for
the Nebraska State Fair, Husker Harvest
Days, the Fort Kearny Outdoor Expo and
the Missouri River Outdoor Expo.
