The following is a listing of Nebraska Game and Parks Commission events and important dates in March:

March 2 – Youth Fishing Instructor Certification Workshop, Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium, Gretna, 9 a.m., 402-332-3901

March 2-3 – Marsh Madness, Ponca State Park (SP), 402-755-2284

March 6 – Project WILD Workshop, Henzlik Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 900 N. 16th St., 5 p.m., 402-471-5581

March 8 – Nebraska Game and Parks Board of Commissioners Meeting, Fairfield Inn and Suites, 510 Talmadge St., Kearney, 8 a.m.

March 9-10 – Marsh Madness, Ponca SP, 402-755-2284

March 12 – Firearm hunter education instructor training, Lifelong Learning Center, 801 E. Benjamin Ave, Norfolk, 6 p.m., 402-471-6134

March 14 – Growing Up WILD Workshop, South Platte Natural Resources District, 551 Parkland Drive, Sidney, 6 p.m., 402-471-5581

March 16 – Beyond Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Beginning Bird Watching, Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium, Gretna, 9 a.m., 402-471-6009

March 16 – Beyond Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Sandhills Tank Float, Middle Loup River, Mullen, 11 a.m., 402-471-6009

March 16 – Fly Tie-In, Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium, Gretna, 10 a.m., 402-332-3901

March 16-17 – Marsh Madness, Ponca SP, 402-755-2284

March 23 – State National Archery in the Schools Tournament, Lancaster Events Center, Lincoln, 8 a.m.

March 24 – Upper Big Blue Archers Ice-Breaker 3D Shoot, Recharge Lake, York, 8 a.m., 402-643-0458

March 25 – Archery and youth archery spring turkey hunting season opens

March 26 – Growing Up WILD Workshop, Country Bible Church, 13121 County Road 16, Blair, 7 p.m., 402-471-5581

March 30 – Beyond Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Fly-Fishing Workshop, Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium, Gretna, 1 p.m., 402-471-6009

March 31 – Trapping seasons close for muskrat and beaver

Contact Game and Parks at 402-471-0641 or visit OutdoorNebraska.org for updates and more information, including lists of boater, hunter and bow hunter education classes.

Image courtesy Nebraska Game and Parks Commission