Locations

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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please see our Calendar of Events.

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Our team at the Forest

Directors

Merica Whitehall
Executive Director
Dawn Jensen
Director of Finance & Administration
Kevin Hendrix
Director of Development and Marketing
Sally Otis
Director of Education
Denise Lewis
Director of Raptor Recovery

 

Staff

Jim Beebe
Chief Ranger at Fontenelle Forest
Dan Borgaila
Facilities Supervisor
Patrick Conner
Animal Care Assistant
Chris Cook
Custodial Maintenance Attendant
Whitney Drahota
Naturalist
Betsy Finch
Manager of Raptor Rehabilitation
Kathy Fischer
Naturalist
Michelle Foss
Manager of Stewardship & Research
Jocelyn Harrison
Adult Program Manager
Christina Joel
Development Associate
Michaela Johnson
Restoration Biologist
Anne Kotlik
Finance Associate
Andrew Klinkenborg
Manager of Donor Relations
Chelsy Kremin
Visitor Services Assistant 2
Katie Leware
Education Assistant
Isabella Lombardo
Land Steward
Brooke Manes
Assistant Manager of Raptor Rehabilitation
Dana Meyer
Manager of Marketing and Events
Matt Miller
Restoration Biologist
Reece Myers
Chief Ranger of Neale Woods
Tim O’Hara
Adult Programs Educator
Barb Shiffermiller
Manager of Visitor Services
Maddy Wahl
Facilities Rental Associate
Kenneth White
Raptor Care Specialist

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 Jessie Sevener
Trish Wakefield Jake Wohlers Deborah Woracek
Liz Gunkelman

VISITOR SERVICES ASSISTANTS

Chelsy Kremin Miriam Holder Julie McKeone
Heidi Seals

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OFFICERS

Susan Haddix | President Nickie Konen | President-Elect Angela Athy | Past-President
Kelly Mann | Treasurer Scott Marble | Secretary

DIRECTORS

Dan Bolt
Tom Bragg
Catherine Demes Maydew
Matt Ferguson
Ryan Gibson
Jo Giles
Sarah Griger
Matt Hardebeck
Andrew Huettner
Portia Kennel
Chris Morrow
Shannon Mullen O’Keefe
Don Preister
Brittni Redding
Todd Rivers
Jen Rogers
Robert Rose
Ray Turkle
Fred Uhe
Jose Zambrano

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 and Debra Ratzlaff

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