Undergraduate students pursue research interests through the Cabela's Apprenticeship Research Project
Seven undergraduates at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's School of Natural Resources are conducting conservation research this summer through $3,000 grants from the Cabela's Apprenticeship Research Project. The funding covers supplies, equipment, and in some cases housing, allowing students to fully commit to fieldwork and research they might otherwise not be able to afford.
Among the projects underway, Jay Cleveland is working on the Urban Wildlife Information Network project, focused on improving wildlife education in urban communities to help people and wildlife coexist in cities. Other students are tackling a range of environmental challenges, from studying how pesticide contamination from the AltEn ethanol plant near Mead has affected local frog populations, to developing biological and chemical methods for removing nitrate and phosphorus from water supplies.
Associate professor Christopher Chizinski noted that the program gives students the space to pursue research that genuinely reflects their interests, whether that means studying Nebraska fur trappers, hyenas in Africa, or birds in the Prairie Corridor.
