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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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Hitchcock Wetlands
Learning Center

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. The Wetlands Learning Center will be on your right.

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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 and 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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Directors

Merica Whitehall
Executive Director
mwhitehall@fontenelleforest.org		 Dawn Jensen
Director of Finance & Administration
djensen@fontenelleforest.org		 Sally Otis
Director of Education
sotis@fontenelleforest.org
Denise Lewis
Director of Raptor Recovery
dlewis@fontenelleforest.org

 

Staff

Jim Beebe
Chief Ranger at Fontenelle Forest
JBeebe@fontenelleforest.org		 Dan Borgaila
Facilities Supervisor
DBorgaila@fontenelleforest.org		 Patrick Connor
Facilities Attendant
pconnor@fontenelleforest.org
Cassie Dorner
Facility Rental Specialist
cdorner@fontenelleforest.org		 Whitney Drahota
Naturalist
WDrahota@fontenelleforest.org		 Betsy Finch
Manager of Raptor Rehabilitation
BFinch@fontenelleforest.org
Kathy Fischer
Naturalist
kfischer@fontenelleforest.org		 Michelle Foss
Manager for Stewardship & Research
mfoss@fontenelleforest.org		 Jocelyn Harrison
Adult Program Manager
jharrison@fontenelleforest.org
Christina Joel
Development Associate
cjoel@fontenelleforest.org		 Michaela Johnson
Restoration Biologist
mjohnson@fontenelleforest.org		 Anne Kotlik
Finance Associate
akotlik@fontenelleforest.org
Andrew Klinkenborg
Manager of Donor Relations
aklinkenborg@fontenelleforest.org		 Chelsey Kremin
Visitor Services Assistant 2
ckremin@fontenelleforest.org		 Katie Leware
Education Assistant
kleware@fontenelleforest.org
Isabella Lombardo
Land Steward
ilombardo@fontenelleforest.org		 Brooke Manes
Assistant Manager of Raptor Rehabilitation
bmanes@fontenelleforest.org		 Matt Miller
Restoration Biologist
mmiller@fontenelleforest.org
              Reece Myers
Chief Ranger of Neale Woods   rmyers@fontenelleforest.org		 Tim O’Hara
Adult Programs Educator
tohara@fontenelleforest.org		 Barb Shiffermiller
Visitor Services Specialist
bshiffermiller@fontenelleforest.org
Kenneth White
Animal Care Specialist
kwhite@fontenelleforest.org		 Marykate Wray
Animal Care Technician
mwray@fontenelleforest.org

PART-TIME EDUCATORS

Kyle Anderson Julie Carbonell Natalie Drake (Intern)
Dianne Guinn Tisha Johnson Marcus Kubik (Intern)
Shannon McKinley Jean Neneman Vanessa Nunez (Intern)
Toni Ptacek Laura Samson Nick Sauvageau
Jessie Sevener Maggie Snyder Trish Wakefield
Jake Wohlers Deborah Woracek

VISITOR SERVICES ASSISTANTS

Chelsy Kremin Miriam Holder Julie McKeone
Heidi Seals

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OFFICERS
Angela Athy | President Susan Haddix | President-Elect Jon Hansen | Past-President
Kelly Mann | Treasurer Scott Marble | Secretary

DIRECTORS
Dan Bolt
Alexis Boulos
Tom Bragg
Catherine Demes Maydew
Jenny Doyle
Matt Ferguson
Ryan Gibson		 Jo Giles
Wendy Goldberg
Mace Hack
Matt Hardebeck
Andrew Huettner
Portia Kennel
Nickie Konen		 Chris Morrow
Shannon Mullen O’Keefe
Don Preister
Jim Ristow
Todd Rivers
Ray Turkle
Fred Uhe

HONORARY TRUSTEES
Stephen Kaniewski
Susan and George Haddix		 Gerry and Bruce Lauritzen
Marilyn Mammel		 Ann Pape
Walter Scott, Jr.

Honorary Stewards
Shawn Bengtson Charles Gifford
Jeffry Green		 Neal S. Ratzlaff

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