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7th Annual Sand Hills Discovery Experience Ainsworth High School, 520 E. 2nd St., Ainsworth, NE Thursday, July 10, 2008 Tours: July 9 and 11, 2008 "The Sand Hills...A Sea of Grass" Click here for the 2008 Registration Form & Program "2003 NCIP Arts & Humanities Award" "2002 NCIP Outstanding Tourism Promotion & Development Award" Enjoy the Experience in Ainsworth, Nebraska For more information, contact: North Central Development Center 335 N Main St Ainsworth, NE 69210 402-387-2740 phone/fax 866-387-2740 toll free ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Each year, experts share information about the Sand Hills, including, but not limited to: the Sand Hills landscape, wildlife and flora, paleontology, climatology and other topics. Please join us for the 2008 Sand Hills Discovery Experience on July 10, 2008, with tours held on July 9 and July 11. The theme for the 2008 conference is "The Sand Hills...A Sea of Grass." Additional information and a schedule will be posted as it becomes available. For information about past conferences, please see the summaries located at the bottom of this page. Download summary of the Sand Hills Discovery Experience 2002 Experience 2003 "Hydrology" 2004 "Sand Hills Trails" 2005The Sand Hills: All Things Great and Small"
Suggested Reading List (these books can be found at the Towne Square in Valentine or by contacting csdsales@unl.edu ) Request Sand Hills Discovery Experience Newsletter Geology, Geologic Time and Nebraska by Marvin P. Carlson The Last Prairie by Stephen R. Jones An Atlas of the Sand Hills by Ann S. Bleed and Charles A. Flowerday Flat Water; A History of Nebraska and Its Water by resource report from Conservation & Survey Division, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln The Nebraska Sand Hills the Human Landscape by Charles Barron McIntosh Kingdom of the Grass featuring several essays from Ainsworthite, Bob Ross Roadside Geology of Nebraska by Harmon D. Maher,Jr., George F. Engelmann, and Robert D. Shuster ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The Sand Hills Discovery Center Foundation Mission Statement ~ "Providing comprehensive information of the Sand Hill area." The Sand Hills Discovery and Visitors Center Foundation was chartered in January 2001, for the purpose of providing comprehensive information about the Sand Hill area. The foundation's primary mission is to develop and sustain a Sand Hills Interpretive Center. The foundation builds on the legacy of several community experts including the family of the late, world-renowned paleontologist, Morris F. Skinner. Vision of an Interpretive Center To build, permanently maintain and effectively staff a facility focused on the climate and formation of the Sand Hills including ecology, geology, hydrology, paleontology and archeology through the use of:
Artifact and cultural displays representing the pioneers, early ranch families and Native American habitation. Foundation Membership/Contribution Information Memberships to the Sand Hills Discovery Foundation are $20 annually. A designated fund with the Nebraska Community Foundation has been established to receive charitable contributions. Ways to make contributions: Cash Donations, securities and other assets, bequest, charitable gift annuity, property with life estate, life insurance, and memberships. All contributions are tax deductible and should be made to the Sand Hills Discovery and Visitors Center Foundation and mailed to the North Central Development Center. Contact Info North Central Development Center 335 N Main St Ainsworth, NE 69210 402-387-2740 phone/fax 866-387-2740 toll free
Bruce Bailey identifies a camel bone
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