GFP graduate Meghan Manary '23 (right) of Platte, Nebraska, was featured in her local hometown news, The North Platte Telegraph, for helping lead the annual First Day Hike across 22 state parks in Nebraska. Manary, a southeast regional outdoor educator for the Nebraska Game and Parksdepartment, led the Lake Maloney hike. During the brisk morning walk, she helped hikers look for scavenger hunt items, identified animal tracks in the snow, and explained how animals forage for food in the winter as well as other interesting facts about Nebraska wildlife.

Manary earned a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Biology from Miami through Project Dragonfly‘s GFP while working as the Southwest Regional Outdoor Educator for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.