Mussel Monitoring at Homestead National Historical Park: September 15th, 2025

Описание: Mussel Monitoring at Homestead National Historical Park
September 15th, 2025
A conversation at a Nebraska Natural Legacy Conference regarding reintroduction of mussels to Cub Creek set in motion a series of questions that could be only answered through monitoring. In this presentation Resource Management Specialist Jesse Bolli will take you through those questions while introducing you to the mussels of Homestead National Historical Park and why they matter.

Presenter: Jesse Bolli, Resource Management Specialist, NPS-Homestead National Historical Park

Presenter Bio: Jesse Bolli began his position as the Resource Management Specialist at Homestead National Historical Park in September 2002. His duties at Homestead include the management of the Nation’s second oldest restored tallgrass prairie, a lowland bur oak forest, Cub Creek and the wildlife within. He is happiest when he is mentoring others, helping them to see the delicate details of the natural world.
Prior to arriving at Homestead National Monument of America, he worked in Florida, Nebraska, and Kansas as a federal wildland firefighter.
Jesse received his Bachelors of Science in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences from South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota.
He grew up near Burwell, Nebraska on the homestead that his great granddad proved up on under the Homestead Act of 1862 in 1905. It was on the homestead that he developed his love of the prairies and wildlife.

This webinar is part of the Master Naturalist Mondays webinar series. Nebraska Master Naturalist is a statewide volunteer conservation program. Our program recruits, trains, manages, and provides resources for our volunteer naturalist members. We use four strategies to meet Nebraska’s conservation needs, Habit Stewardship, Community Science, Environmental Education & Interpretation, and Outdoor Recreation & Skills.

This free webinar series will host a variety of presenters and subject matter within these four conservation strategies. Master Naturalist Mondays is a space to connect us to our conservation motivations and inspirations, and our Naturalist community across the state of Nebraska.

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