Acknowledgements and Sources

Dennis Ferraro, Professor of Practice, UNL School of Natural Resources

Mark Mesarch, Senior-Web Database Specialist, UNL School of Natural Resources

Eric Hunt, Extension Educator | Agricultural Meteorology and Climate Resilience, UNL School of Natural Resources

Dennis Ferraro, Professor of Practice, UNL School of Natural Resources

Dan Fogell, Professor, Southeast Community College

**GAMES AND PARKS CONTACT**

Mark Mesarch, Senior-Web Database Specialist, UNL School of Natural Resources

Hannah Droge, Undergraduate Student, UNL School of Natural Resources

Megann Timm, Undergraduate Student, UNL School of Natural Resources

This site was adapted from an earlier one (2003) that was developed by Dennis Ferraro and Ron Johnson (Emeritus Professor, UNL School of Natural Resources).

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