LENRD receives grant for interpretive learning signs on the Cowboy Trail

Are you looking for a fun way to get out and enjoy a warm summer day? Have you been to the Cowboy Trail? This week we installed 6 interpretive learning signs to help make your time on the trail more enjoyable and fun for groups of all ages!

The Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District (LENRD) partnered with the Nebraska Game & Parks Commission on this project and received a grant to develop the signs through the Watchable Wildlife Grant Program. The signs are located along the 2.2 miles of paved trail (managed by the LENRD) heading west from the trailhead in Norfolk’s Ta-Ha-Zouka Park.

LENRD Information & Education Specialist, Julie Wragge, said, “These signs are a great way to learn more about your natural resources as you walk along the Cowboy Trail just west of Ta-Ha-Zouka Park. The interpretive learning signs are designed to help people understand, appreciate, and emotionally connect with their surroundings.”

The signs include popular topics addressing animal signs left behind, watchable wildlife, river life, Nebraska water, riparian woods, and pollinators. Wragge added, “We hope you stop to look, listen, and learn about our natural resources the next time you’re on the trail!”

Minutes after installing this sign, these 2 girls immediately stopped to check it out!