Bird Migration

Jason Nickels is the Education and Restoration Director at the Mequon Nature Preserve.

Jason has a bachelor’s degree in education with an emphasis on life sciences. After graduation he began teaching in 2002 at Lakeside Lutheran High School in Lake Mills, WI. At Lakeside he took on many roles: teaching biology and human anatomy / physiology, serving as the head coach of the wrestling program, coaching varsity and junior varsity football as a defensive coordinator, advising the school’s Affinity Club (a service organization) and taking care of Lakeside’s internal courtyard and ponds.

In June of 2011 Jason joined Mequon Nature Preserve’s staff as the Education and Land Restoration Manager. During the school year he takes thousands of students on nature walks in his new, 438 acre classroom.When not teaching kids, he spends his time doing restoration work in the prairies, wetlands and forests of MNP. Jason now lives in Milwaukee with his wife, Becky, and his two young children, Madelynn and Sawyer.