2019

• Program gives new life to injured raptor class birds
• Fontenelle Forest’s raptor refuge home to its first Bald Eagle 
• Migration season attractions, events, opportunities
• Omaha Public Library keep minds sharp with Summer reading program
• Raptor Recovery Nebraska shows birds of prey at Hastings museum 
• Construction underway on $1.6M adventure park near Omaha
• Fontenelle Forest to offer free admission as part of the Blue Star Museum program
• Fontenelle Forest to welcome new adventure center
• Feather our nest gala plants seeds for future, celebrates forest
• Construction underway on $1.6 million adventure park near Omaha
• Construction underway on $1.6 million adventure park near Omaha
• Fontenelle Forest’s $1.6 million aerial adventure park to feature ziplines, take climbers up 50 feet
• Construction underway on $1.6M adventure park near Omaha
• Love the Earth Fontenelle Forest camps offer interaction with nature
• Fontenelle Forest offering free plant to support local ecosystem
• Summer camps offer to keep kids active while school is out
• New addition to Fontenelle Forest Nature Center
• Two artists, two vastly different backgrounds
• Fontenelle Forest hosts yoga in the forest
• Fontenelle Forest offers yoga and music therapy
• Tips to make the school to summer transition a breeze
• These two local youngsters aren’t your usual birders
• As the weather warms Fontenelle Forest is jumping with activities
• Father and son rescue baby eagle along Big Blue River
• He documented a world record bird species in one year
• Workers put bands on Woodmen Tower falcon chicks
• Newborn owls displaced when homeowner trimmed tree limb
• Fontenelle Forest adding Bald Eagle mew
• Fontenelle Forest experiences beneficial flooding
• Woodmen Tower’s newest falcon hatchlings are named Jimmy Falcon
• Fontenelle Forest Raptor Recovery group already helping hundreds of eagles, hawks and owls this year
• Fontenelle Forest to offer free admission to active duty military families
• Fontenelle Forest highlighted in Prevention magazine’s best walks in America list
• Two Peregrine falcons take flight at Mutual of Omaha Headquarters
• Falcon chicks at Mutual of Omaha to take flight today
• Fontenelle Forest to offer free admission to active-duty military families
• Fontenelle Forest Raptor Recovery group already helping hundreds of eagles, hawks and owls this year
• Three peregrine falcons banded at Woodmen Life Tower
• Omaha Public Library: Keep minds sharp with Summer Reading Program
• Workers put bands on Woodmen Tower falcon chicks
• A Day in the Forest
• Ready. Set. Zip! TreeRush Adventures takes visitor use of Fontenelle Forest to new heights
• Fontenelle Forest Recovering from Flood Damage
• Getting a taste of nature is not far away
• Area farmer and son rescue baby eagle
• Adventure park to open at Fontenelle Forest
• 50 Best Walks in America That Every Traveler Must Explore
• Vandals strike at Fontenelle Forest property
• Nationally Recognized Author and Bird Nerd, Noah Stryker, Live at Fontenelle Forest and on KIOS-FM
• He documented a world-record 6,042 bird species in one year. Now you can meet him in Omaha
• Vandalism at Neale Woods Nature Center hinders efforts to revitalize building
• Nine farm animals unaccounted for as 2,600 Sarpy residents are urged to evacuate
• Severe Flooding Omaha to Southern Wisconsin – 50s Possible Late Next Week

Press 2018

• Love the earth’: Fontenelle Forest camps offer interaction with nature – Omaha World-Herald
• Vandals strike Fontenelle Forest property — WOWT 6
• Fontenelle Forest’s Raptor Refuge home to its first bald eagle — KETV 7
• Fontenelle Forest raptor center releases 3 eagles, 2 hawks back into the wild — Omaha World-Herald
• In Omaha, a Progressive Approach to Free Time — New York Times
• Fontenelle Forest to host luncheon — Bellevue Leader
• Volunteers learn to handle rescue injured birds through raptor recovery program — Scottsbluff herald
• Put down your phone & go app-free for a day — Omaha World Herald
• Nature’s wonders: Gardens & trees rooted in history — Omaha World Herald
• Too hot and humid? High-tail it to Fontenelle Forest for a cool indoor-outdoor adventure — Omaha World Herald
• Teaching kids a lifetime hobby – Grand Island Independent
• Chronicle: Raptor Recovery Center’s Rehabilitation Process – KETV
• Raptor rescue center in critical need of food – KETV
• Woman finds two black widows in bag of grapes– KETV
• Sesquicentennial paintings on display in Central City– The grand island independent
• Exhibit details life in Omaha through the centuries – WOWT

• 3 falcon chicks banded at Woodmen Tower – Omaha World-Herald
• Omaha woman finds black widow in grapes – KMTV 3
• Nature-loving ‘grands’ take every opportunity for grand adventures in the great outdoors — Omaha World-Herald
• Fontenelle Forest’s Raptor Recovery — Nebraska TV
• Fontenelle Forest’s Jeanine Lackey Chats with Mike Hogan “Live & Local” — KIOS FM
• The queen of the mommas: Owlberta the owl fosters hundreds of babies over the years — KETV
• Central Nebraska Eagle Soars Home After Recovering From Lead Poisoning — Nebraska TV
• Omaha Public Library to offer free passes to Fontenelle Forest — Omaha World-Herald
• A snowy owl was rescued in Iowa in November. Nursed back to health, watch its release — Des Moines Register
• Experts in Minnesota, Nebraska help owl found ailing in Iowa — Nebraska TV
• More bald eagles are dying from poisoning after eating animals shot by lead bullets — NBC4
• After making a strong comeback from DDT, more and more eagles are now being killed by lead — ABC7
• Rehab center seeing more bald eagles dying from lead poisoning — WOWT 6
• Camps inspire connection with nature, cultivate junior conservationists — Omaha World-Herald
• Fairy Faire on the Morning Blend — KMTV 3
• Fontenelle Forest Featured in Nebraska Passport Program — Visit Nebraska
• Outdoor sessions connect yogis with nature, community — Omaha World-Herald
• Fontenelle Forest is adding an eagle enclosure, thanks to Mannheim Steamroller founder  — Omaha World-Herald
• Fontenelle Forest conducts first controlled burn of the season  — KETV
• Partnership encourages community closeness  — WOWT 6
• Kelly: He got help when he needed it. Now Air Force vet helps wounded raptors — ‘nature’s air force’ — Omaha World-HeraldFrontpage
• Unsuspecting Ralston woman gets rare glimpse of screech owl during trip to mailbox — Omaha World-Herald
• Don’t hibernate; head to the forest and stay fit, active and refreshed with nature walks, snowshoeing, yoga and Mud Pies — Momaha and OWH
• ‘Harry Potter’ owl draws attention in northwest Omaha, but raptor experts say to give it space — Omaha World-Herald
• Volunteers brave single-digit temperatures to secure healthy future for Fontenelle Forest – KETV
• Raptor Recovery volunteers provide care and support to injured, orphaned birds — Kearney Hub

Press Contact

Dana Meyer
Manager of Marketing and Events
402.731.3140 EXT. 1012
DMeyer@fontenelleforest.org

Press Releases

January – Fontenelle Forest acquires land from Boy Scouts

January – Fontenelle Forest welcomes new staff

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