8 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission • 2014 Annual Report
S T R A T E G I C P A R T N E R S H I P S
Partnerships, both with landowners and with other state
agencies, nongovernment organizations and other groups are
invaluable. They allow us to combine funding and resources; to
involve stakeholders in habitat conservation work; to undertake
larger scale projects; and to make habitat improvements on
private lands, which is extremely valuable in a state like Nebraska
where 97 percent of land is privately owned.
Partnerships also are an essential tool to expand Game and
Parks' capacity to establish habitat on Commission-owned wildlife
management areas (WMA). Many organizations and individuals
have contributed time and resources to develop and enhance
wildlife habitat on WMAs, including food plots, interseeding forbs/
legumes, spraying invasive plants and tree control. Some of these
contributing volunteers and the WMAs impacted include:
• Nebraska One Box Corporation, Pressey WMA
• Great Plains Pheasants Forever (PF) chapter, Sacramento
WMA
• Cedar River Ringnecks PF chapter and local volunteers, Davis
Creek
• Kearney Geocachers, Cozad WMA
• Keep Lincoln/Lancaster County Beautiful, Wildwood and
Yankee Hill WMAs
