Hubbard Fellowship

The Nature Conservancy of Nebraska is proud to host The Claire M. Hubbard Young Leaders in Conservation Fellowship Program – a one-year program for selected recent college graduates in conservation-related fields.  It is designed to provide a comprehensive set of experiences working with a conservation organization and bridge the gap between school and career.  Fellows are housed at The Nature Conservancy’s Platte River Prairies Preserve near Wood River, Nebraska.  Click here to see our brochure with more detailed information on the program and application guidelines. 

The application period for the 2024 Hubbard Fellowship has closed, but we’ll be taking applications again in September 2024.

Hubbard Fellows Mary Parr and Chelsea Forehead prepare for a prescribed fire in the Nebraska Sandhills. Fellows receive training and experience with prescribed fire, as well as many other land management and restoration practices.

Hubbard Fellows are full-time employees of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) during their fellowship, with health insurance, housing, and work vehicle provided by TNC. Roughly half of their time is spent on land management and restoration, learning from experienced science and land stewardship staff. In addition, they work on research and other science projects, are involved in strategic planning discussions, communicate actively about conservation to a variety of audiences, and help out with fundraising and all other aspects of a non-profit conservation organization. Fellows travel to various offices and projects operated by The Nature Conservancy in Nebraska, but also attend conferences and field trips, both in Nebraska and beyond.

“The Hubbard Fellowship was the perfect step for me to learn about the wide variety of work non-profit organizations like TNC do, and helped me see how my particular skills and perspectives could contribute to that mission” – Olivia Schouten, former Hubbard Fellow and current Land Steward, The Nature Conservancy – Indiana.

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Here is a video created by former Hubbard Fellow Sarah Lueder, with help from her fellow Fellow, Kate Nootenboom.

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Photos of current and previous Hubbard Fellows in action:

2023 Fellow Jojo Morelli (left) on a prescribed fire.
2023 Hubbard Fellows Sanketh Menon and Jojo Morelli.
Hubbard Fellows Sarah Lueder and Kate Nootenboom work with Master Naturalist Mike Schrad on small mammal research in the Platte River Prairies.
Hubbard Fellow Ashley Oblander pulls harvested seeds out of a pull-behind seed stripper machine as part of a prairie restoration project in the Platte River Prairies
The Nature Conservancy’s Niobrara Valley Preserve is a 56,000 acre site in north-central Nebraska. Hubbard Fellows make regular trips to NVP during their Fellowship.
The Niobrara Valley Preserve has two large herds of bison.
Hubbard Fellow Dillon Blankenship works at one of two annual bison roundups at the Niobrara Valley Preserve.

Click below to read selected blog posts by our former Fellows.

2023 Fellowship Posts

Hubbard Fellowship Blog – Jojo’s Poetic Take on Prairies

2022 Fellowship Posts

Hubbard Fellowship Blog – Emma’s First Post from the Platte River Prairies
Hubbard Fellowship Blog – Emma Waxes Poetic about Weeds

2021 Fellowship Blog Posts

Hubbard Fellowship Blog – Kate is Hooked on Clouds
Hubbard Fellowship Post – Sarah Ponders Plants
Hubbard Fellowship Blog – Kate’s Rocky Path to Prairie Ecology
Hubbard Fellowship Blog – Sarah Presents The Declaration of Interdependence
Hubbard Fellowship Blog – Kate Explores Soundscape Ecology
Hubbard Fellowship Alumni Post – Sarah’s Windows Into The Lives of Prairie Roots

2020 Fellowship Blog Posts

https://prairieecologist.com/2020/08/04/hubbard-fellowship-blog-ashley-promotes-animals-with-bad-reputations/

https://prairieecologist.com/2020/06/22/hubbard-fellowship-blog-changing-direction-a-post-from-dat/

https://prairieecologist.com/2020/04/13/hubbard-fellowship-blog-ashleys-evolving-relationship-with-weeds/

2019 Fellowship Blog Posts

https://prairieecologist.com/2020/01/21/hubbard-fellowship-blog-chelsea-translates-tank-tracks/

https://prairieecologist.com/2019/10/28/hubbard-fellowship-blog-chelsea-saw-whets-her-appetite-for-owls/

https://prairieecologist.com/2019/06/26/hubbard-fellowship-blog-marys-first-visit-to-western-nebraska/

https://prairieecologist.com/2019/06/10/hubbard-fellowship-blog-chelseas-sandhills-fire-day/

2017-2018 Fellowship Blog Posts

https://prairieecologist.com/2018/08/07/hubbard-fellowship-blog-alexs-work-pants/

https://prairieecologist.com/2018/07/31/hubbard-fellowship-blog-olivia-finds-a-fancy-moth/

https://prairieecologist.com/2018/07/11/hubbard-fellowship-blog-olivia-contemplates-poop/

https://prairieecologist.com/2018/05/15/hubbard-fellowship-blog-alexs-bittersweet-relationship-with-trees/

2016-2017 Fellowship Blog Posts

https://prairieecologist.com/2017/04/03/hubbard-fellowship-blog-the-nature-of-human-intervention/

https://prairieecologist.com/2017/03/21/hubbard-alumni-post-chicken-wire/

https://prairieecologist.com/2017/03/01/hubbard-fellowship-blog-no-earth-without-art/

https://prairieecologist.com/2017/02/06/hubbard-alumni-blog-platte-meditations/

https://prairieecologist.com/2017/01/24/hubbard-fellowship-post-erics-great-plains-tourism-proposal/

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