Connecting People
With Nature
Wachiska Program and General Meeting —
Thursday, March 12, 7:00 PM, Unitarian Church, 6300 A Street,
and also via YouTube link:
A Gathering of Friends:
Celebrating 2025 and Looking Ahead
with the Wachiska Audubon Board
Wachiska Audubon warmly invites you to spend an evening with the fourteen dedicated officers and directors of our Board as we reflect on the accomplishments of our historic year, 2025. It’s a chance to celebrate how far we’ve come together, reconnect with fellow supporters, and enjoy a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere—complete with fun door prizes and plenty of good cheer! The evening will open with a heartfelt welcome from Executive Director Mark Brohman, setting the tone for a meaningful look back at the year. We’ll follow with a brief 2025 report that highlights Wachiska’s progress across our three key focus areas: moving forward, strengthening our sustainable plan, and expanding our outreach. We’ll end with stories, conversation, questions from you and did we say door prizes? Yes, we are looking forward to those!
Obtaining Prairie Pines Nature Preserve was a game changer for Wachiska! Together, we’ll celebrate the impact of this work and look ahead with optimism to what’s next for Wachiska Audubon and the community we serve.
WACHISKA AUDUBON'S STRATEGIC PLAN 2025 - 2029
Goal 1: Strengthen and streamline Wachiska Audubon.
2025 Priority: Put a Fund Development Plan in place to support our work.
Goal 2: Ensure long-term care of our prairies and protected lands.
2025 Priority: Build on relationships with 23 conservation easement owners and address maintenance needs as they arise.
Goal 3: Raise awareness and educate the community about tallgrass prairies.
2025 Priority: Find ways for Prairie Pines Nature Preserve to teach individuals, students, and groups about tallgrass prairies and inspire them to help protect this wonderful, precious rare ecosystem.
The Board hopes this evening will be a dialogue with you dear friends! What questions and hopes do you have about this organization you support? Looking forward to sharing stories and door prizes! Ensure long-term care of our prairies and protected lands.
JOIN US
Thursday, March 12, 7:00 PM, at the Unitarian Church, 6300 A Street
or stream live: https://youtube.com/live/tEnRFsY5kk8?feature=share
March 2026 Calendar of Events
March 2 Education Committee: via zoom 6pm
March 7 Bird EnCOUNTer: 10:00 am-1:00 pm
Anderson Library
March 9 Conservation Committee via zoom 6:30 p.m.
March 12 General Meeting: Looking Ahead
Unitarian Church 6300 A St. 7 PM
March 15 Newsletter Deadline: Noon
March 17 Board Meeting 7:00 p.m.
March 20 Birdseed Pickup: 3:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Prairie Pines
March 21 Birdseed Pickup: 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Prairie Pines
March 22 Sunday Cedar Cut: 10:00 a.m. Prairie Pines
March 26 Nature Nights: 6:30 p.m. St. Peters School
In September 2021, the Wachiska Board adopted the National Audubon’s Statement on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion as the Chapter’s own goals:
The birds Audubon pledges to protect differ in color, size, behavior, geographical preference, and countless other ways. By honoring and celebrating the equally remarkable diversity of the human species, Audubon will bring new creativity, effectiveness and leadership to our work throughout the hemisphere.
Wachiska Audubon Society's vision is to share the experience and love for nature and help protect its diversity.
Job Posting For Education Coordinator
Prairie Pines Partners
Are you an educator looking to share nature and make a difference in a non-profit organization, or do you know someone who is? Do you enjoy spending time outdoors with various groups of people? Do you enjoy planning nature-based programming, events, and working with volunteers?
Prairie Pines Partners is seeking a part time education coordina-tor at the Prairie Pines Nature Preserve.
Contact sue@prairiepines.org for questions,
job description and application.
PRAIRIE PINES PARTNERS EVENT
Hello Spring Hike!
Saturday, March 21, 2026, 1-2:30 PM
Join staff on an early spring hike at Prairie Pines. We will be looking under the leaves and up into the trees to discover signs of a new season. Meet at the Visitor Center.
More information at prairiepines.org/events
Join Wachiska Today
Become a member of the Wachiska chapter of the National Audubon Society and support environmental conservation, education, and outreach in Southeast Nebraska.
Click HERE for details.
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Join friends and neighbors to show your concern about our climate and our elected officials. Stop by the Wachiska office and pick up your Climate yard sign.
Signs that say “VOTE with CLIMATE in Mind” are available for $10 each. They are made of material that will hold up well to the elements and come with a metal holder to push into the ground. You are encouraged to put your signs out now for the fall elections. Since they are so durable, they could easily last three or four years even if kept out all year.
NEW! Wachiska is on YouTube
On November 18, 2025, the Board approved the revised Constitution and Bylaws. Members will be asked to vote on the revisions during the February 2026 general meeting, following publication of the document in the January and February newsletters, which will have more details. Both the 2022 and 2025 versions may be viewed or downloaded.
The photos on this website were taken by Wachiska members. Many thanks to Bruce Wendorff,
Linda Brown, Paul Johnsguard, Tim Knott, Stu Luttich, John Carlini and Elizabeth Nelson.