A UNL student is working to help connect elementary students to Lincoln s small population of flying squirrels. “Our mission is to get more people excited about what s in their backyard."
Other honorees are Dwayne Spencer with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis, Boyden Moore with Orgill, and Pat Mitchell Worley with the Soulsville Foundation.
Larkin Powell, director of UNL s School of Natural Resources, maintains a website to inform the public about the flying squirrels along and allow people to report sightings.