TRAILS CLOSED DEC. 5-8: All Fontenelle Forest trails and the Raptor Woodland Refuge will be CLOSED from Mon., Dec. 5 through Thurs., Dec. 8, for our annual managed deer hunt. The Nature Center and Neale Woods will remain open.

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TRAILS CLOSED DEC. 5-8: All Fontenelle Forest trails and the Raptor Woodland Refuge will be CLOSED from Mon., Dec. 5 through Thurs., Dec. 8, for our annual managed deer hunt. The Nature Center and Neale Woods will remain open.

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Fontenelle Forest
Nature Center

1111 Bellevue Blvd. North
Bellevue, NE 68005

From I-80, take Hwy 75 (Kennedy Freeway) south to Chandler Road. Turn left onto Chandler. Stay on Chandler approx. 1 mile until the road ends at the stop sign at Bellevue Blvd. Turn right onto Bellevue Blvd. Continue approximately .5 of a mile to the nature center (on the left).

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Camp
Brewster

1313 Bellevue Blvd. North
Bellevue, NE 68005

From I-80, take Hwy 75 (Kennedy Freeway) South to Chandler Road. Turn left onto Chandler. Stay on Chandler approx. 1 mile until the road ends at the stop sign at Bellevue Blvd. Turn right onto Bellevue Blvd. Continue approximately .3 of a mile to Camp Brewster (on the left)

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Camp Logan
Fontenelle

720 Camp Gifford Road
Bellevue, NE 68005

From I-80, take Hwy 75 (Kennedy Freeway) South to Chandler Road. Turn left onto Chandler. Stay on Chandler approx. 1 mile until the road ends at the stop sign at Bellevue Blvd. Turn right onto Bellevue Blvd. Continue for a little over .5 of a mile and turn left onto Childs Road. Continue on Childs Road through the housing development. The road becomes Camp Gifford Road and will change into a gravel surface. After the first curve, Camp Logan Fontenelle will be on your left.

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Wetlands

(Park here for Floodplain Trails)

103 Camp Gifford Road
Bellevue, NE 68005

From I-80, take Hwy 75 (Kennedy Freeway) South to Chandler Road. Turn left onto Chandler. Stay on Chandler approx. 1 mile until the road ends at the stop sign at Bellevue Blvd. Turn right onto Bellevue Blvd. Continue for a little over .5 of a mile and turn left onto Childs Road. Continue on Childs Road through the housing development. The road becomes Camp Gifford Road and will change into a gravel surface. Continue 1.5 miles on the gravel surface.

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Neale
Woods

14323 Edith Marie Ave.
Omaha, NE 68112

From I-80 take Hwy 75 North. Merge onto Storz Expressway towards Florence Blvd/Eppley Airfield. Take the Florence Blvd ramp and turn left at the stop sign. Florence Blvd. becomes J. Pershing Drive. Continue through the T intersection at Mormon Bridge onto River Road. From there, you will travel 2.7 miles to White Deer Lane (past NP Dodge and Hummel Park, stay to the right at the fork in the road). Turn a slight left onto White Deer Lane and left again onto Edith Marie Ave.

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Camp Wa-kon-da

(Park here for History & Southern Uplands Trails)

402 Forest Dr.
Bellevue, NE 68005

From I-80, take Hwy 75 (Kennedy Freeway) South to Chandler Road. Turn left onto Chandler. Stay on Chandler for a little over half of a mile. Turn right onto Fort Crook Road. Stay on Fort Crook Road for approx. 1 mile. Turn slightly left onto Galvin Road. Continue on Galvin Road for roughly .5 of a mile. Turn left onto Gregg Road. Stay on Gregg Road for a little over .5 of a mile. Turn right onto Bellevue Blvd. Continue for a little over .5 of a mile and turn left onto Forest Drive. Camp Wa-kon-da will be on your left.

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Our team at the Forest

Directors

Matt Darling
Executive Director		 Dawn Jensen
Director of Finance & Administration		 Denise Lewis
Director of Programs
Michelle Foss
Director of Resource Stewardship		 Emily Prauner
Director of Donor and Visitor Services

Staff

Jim Beebe
Chief Ranger at Fontenelle Forest		 Natalie Drake
Outdoor Recreation Coordinator		 Patrick Conner
Animal Care Specialist
Kathy Fischer
Raptor Program Manager		 Shawna Gorman
Biologist		 Bridget Hanson
Marketing & Communications Assistant
Miriam Holder
Visitor Services Assistant		 Christina Joel
Development Associate		 Michaela Johnson
Biologist
Andrew Klinkenborg
Manager of Donor Relations		 Emily Marcotte
Visitor Services Assistant 2		 John Martin
Facilities Coordinator
Dana Meyer
Manager of Marketing and Events		 Hannah Miller
Naturalist Educator		 Matt Miller
Manager of Conservation
Tina Moreno
Part-Time Finance Associate		 Reece Myers
Chief Ranger of Neale Woods		 Toni Ptacek
Naturalist Educator
Barb Shiffermiller
Manager of Visitor Services		 Eric Sundar
Grounds Coordinator		 Abby Swanda
Naturalist Educator
  Lauren Walker
Education Program Manager		  

PART-TIME EDUCATORS

Mia Dempsey Dianne Guinn Liz Gunkelman
Tisha Johnson Heather Pearson Jessie Sevener
Taryn Schroeder Deborah Woracek

 

PART-TIME VISITOR SERVICES ASSISTANTS

Sara Childs Kathleen Jamrozy Michaela Martin

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OFFICERS
Shannon Mullen O’Keefe | President Sarah Griger | Treasurer Nickie Konen | Past-President
Brittni Redding | Secretary

DIRECTORS
Dan Bolt
Alyssa Borden
Tom Bragg
Matt Ferguson
Ryan Gibson
Sarah Griger
Matt Hardebeck
Brent Hardebeck		 Amy Henderson
Andrew Huettner
Janel Kaufman
Portia Kennel
Nickie Konen
Sally McGill
Chris Morrow		 Shannon Mullen O’Keefe
Brittni Redding
Don Preister
Todd Rynaski
Hassan Shalla
Ray Turkle
Fred Uhe
Bob Wells

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Gerry and Bruce Lauritzen		 Susan and George Haddix
Marilyn and Carl Mammel

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Shawn Bengtson
Dennis and Ann Christiansen		 Charles Gifford Jeffry Green
Neal and Debra Ratzlaff

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