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2016 Annual Report • Nebraska Game and Parks Commission 29 B E C O M I N G A N O U T D O O R S - W O M A N C E L E B R A T E S 2 5 T H A N N I V E R S A R Y The Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Weekend celebrated its 25 th year in 2016. This annual retreat brings together women from across Nebraska and beyond to learn basic outdoor skills from expert instructors. Over the life of this program, hundreds of women have experienced fishing, kayaking, archery, shooting sports, kayaking, hiking, Dutch oven cooking, plant and animal identification and many outdoor activities. Through this program, which in 2016 was held at Ponca State Park, friendships have formed, traditions have been established and many women have become expert participants in outdoor pursuits they might not have otherwise been able to experience. O U T D O O R E D U C A T I O N C E N T E R L E A D S W A Y I N S H O O T I N G S P O R T S E D U C A T I O N The Nebraska Game and Parks Outdoor Education Center, which opened in 2014, has found a unique niche in developing new hunters and shooters. In 2016, the center greatly expanded its day camps and programs for youth archery. The support from the public has resulted in the doubling of revenue from 2015 to 2016. The facility has also offered novice shooting programs to adult women, which have become extremely popular. In June, Game and Parks hosted the first Director's Cup Archery Tournament. Developed in cooperation with Game and Parks Director Jim Douglas, Cabela's and archery clubs, the tournament was a new twist on reaching out to experienced and novice archers. The tournament drew 33 registered shooters, about half of them were youth. The facility, which plans to expand education programming, has served more than 33,000 customers since opening. S H O O T I N G S P O R T S P A R T I C I P A T I O N A T A N A L L T I M E H I G H By the numbers: ● 35,000 – number of participants in Nebraska's National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) ● 760 – number of NASP state tournament participants ● 2,584 – number of participants in Cornhusker Trapshoot ● 2,067 – number of Cornhusker Trapshoot participants who hunt or fish COMPETITORS TAKE PART IN THE INAUGURAL DIRECTOR'S CUP ARCHERY TOURNAMENT AT THE NEBRASKA GAME AND PARKS OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER IN LINCOLN