LINCOLN, Neb. – The following is a listing of Nebraska Game and Parks Commission events and important dates in January. Get more event details at Calendar.OutdoorNebraska.gov. Visit OutdoorNebraska.org for a list of hunter education classes and boating safety classes.
Jan. 1 – First Day Hike, Mormon Island State Recreation Area (SRA), Doniphan; Indian Cave State Park (SP), Shubert; Ash Hollow State Historical Park (SHP), Lewellen; Platte River SP, Louisville; Wagon Train SRA, Hickman; Chadron SP, Chadron; Eugene T. Mahoney SP, Ashland; Red Willow Reservoir SRA, McCook; Ponca SP, Ponca; Wildcat Hills Nature Center, Gering; Johnson Lake SRA, Elwood; Smith Falls SP, Valentine; Fort Kearny SRA, Kearney; Calamus Reservoir SRA, Burwell; Fort Hartsuff SHP, Burwell; Fremont Lakes SRA, Fremont; and Lake Ogallala, Ogallala
Jan. 2 – Application period begins for Super Tag and Combo multispecies lottery permits
Jan. 2 – Big game informational meeting, Cabela’s, Sidney
Jan. 3 – Big game informational meeting, Community Center, Wymore
Jan. 3 – Big game informational meeting, Hooker County Library, Mullen
Jan. 6 – Duck and coot hunting seasons close in Zone 3, Low Plains and High Plains Units
Jan. 7-27 – Duck and coot hunting seasons in Zones 2 and 3, High Plains Unit
Jan. 8 – Big game informational meeting, Schilling Wildlife Management Area, Plattsmouth
Jan. 9 – Prescribed burn training workshop, Broken Bow
Jan. 10 – Prescribed burn training workshop, Curtis
Jan. 12 – Discover Ice-Fishing Clinic, Holmes Lake, Lincoln
Jan. 12 – Flying WILD Educator Workshop, Wildlife Safari Park, Ashland
Jan. 13 – Crow hunting season opens statewide
Jan. 14 – First day of spring turkey hunting permit sales
Jan. 15 – Youth, Landowner, Season Choice and River Antlerless, and Gifford Point WMA deer hunting seasons close
Jan. 15 – Birds and Books workshop, Elkhorn Valley Museum, Norfolk
Jan. 15 – Antlerless elk season closes
Jan. 16 – Prescribed burn training workshop, Stockville
Jan. 17 – Prescribed burn training workshop, Wayne and Grand Island
Jan. 18 – Dark goose hunting season closes in North Central Unit
Jan. 18 – Nebraska Game and Parks Commission meeting, Lincoln
Jan. 19 – Discover Ice-Fishing workshop, Yanney Park, Kearney
Jan. 19-Feb. 10 – Statewide light goose and white-fronted goose hunting seasons
Jan. 20 – Discover Ice-Fishing Clinic, Fort Kearny SRA Lake No. 6, Kearney
Jan. 23 – Prescribed burn training workshop, Alma
Jan. 23 – Prescribed burn training workshop, Niobrara
Jan. 24 – Prescribed burn training workshop, Lincoln
Jan. 28 – Prescribed burn training workshop, Rushville
Jan. 29 – Prescribed burn training workshop, Scottsbluff
Jan. 29 – Insect Investigations Educator Workshop, Elkhorn Valley Museum, Norfolk
Jan. 30 – Prescribed burn training workshop, Imperial
Jan. 31 – Hunting seasons close for November late doe/fawn antelope, fall turkey, pheasant, quail, partridge, grouse and squirrel
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