List of nature centers in Nebraska

This is a list of nature centers and environmental education centers in the state of Nebraska.

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Name	Location	County	Region	Summary
Ak-Sar Ben Aquarium	Gretna	Sarpy	Eastern	Located in the 331-acre Schramm Park State Recreation Area, includes aquarium, terrarium, natural history classroom, fish hatchery museum
Crane Trust Nature & Visitor Center	Wood River	Hall	Central	website, also known as Nebraska Nature & Visitor Center, offers guided trips to view sandhill cranes from observation blinds on the banks of the Platte River
Fontenelle Forest Nature Center	Bellevue	Sarpy	Eastern	1,400-acre forest with 18 miles of trails
Hummel Park Nature Center	Omaha	Douglas	Eastern	202 acres, operated by the City
Neale Woods Nature Center	Omaha	Douglas	Eastern	website, 600 acres, operated by Fontenelle Forest Association, center open seasonally
Pioneers Park Nature Center	Lincoln	Lancaster	Eastern	668 acres, operated by the City
Prairie Loft	Hastings	Adams	Central	website, 8 acres, outdoor and agriculture learning center
River Country Nature Center	Nebraska City	Otoe	Eastern	website, exhibits of wildlife mounts and dioramas, education programs
Rowe Sanctuary	Gibbon	Buffalo	Central	website, 1,900 acres, operated by the National Audubon Society, features the Iain Nicolson Audubon Center, offers guided trips to view the world's largest concentration of sandhill cranes from observation blinds on the banks of the Platte River
Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center	Denton	Lancaster	Eastern	808-acre tallgrass prairie nature preserve and education center, operated by the National Audubon Society
Wildcat Hills Nature Center	Gering	Scotts Bluff	Western	705 acres, operated by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

Resources

Nebraska Alliance for Conservation and Environmental Education

External links

Map of nature centers and environmental education centers in Nebraska

Protected areas of Nebraska

Federal

National Monuments	Agate Fossil Beds Homestead Scotts Bluff

National Historic Trails	California Trail Lewis & Clark Trail Mormon Trail Oregon Trail Pony Express Trail

National Wildlife Refuges	Boyer Chute Crescent Lake DeSoto Fort Niobrara John and Louise Seier Karl E. Mundt North Platte Rainwater Basin Valentine

National Forests	Nebraska Samuel R. McKelvie

National Grasslands	Oglala

USFS National Recreation Areas	Pine Ridge

National Wilderness	Fort Niobrara Soldier Creek

Wild and Scenic Rivers	Missouri Niobrara

State

State Parks	Chadron Eugene T. Mahoney Fort Robinson Indian Cave Niobrara Platte River Ponca Smith Falls

State Historical Parks	Ashfall Fossil Beds Ash Hollow Arbor Lodge Bowring Ranch Buffalo Bill Ranch Fort Atkinson Fort Hartsuff Fort Kearny Rock Creek Station

State Recreation Areas	Alexandria Arnold Atkinson Lake Blue River Bluestem Bowman Lake Box Butte Reservoir Branched Oak Bridgeport Brownville Calamus Champion Lake Cheyenne Conestoga Cottonmill Crystal Lake Dead Timber DLD Enders Reservoir Fort Kearny Fremont Lakes Gallagher Canyon Johnson Lake Keller Park Lake Maloney Lake McConaughy Lake Minatare Lake Ogallala Lewis and Clark Long Lake Long Pine Louisville Medicine Creek Memphis Merritt Reservoir Mormon Island North Loup Olive Creek Oliver Reservoir Pawnee Lake Pelican Point Pibel Lake Pioneer Red Willow Reservoir Riverview Marina Rock Creek Lake Rock Creek Station Rockford Sandy Channel Schramm Park Sherman Reservoir Stagecoach Summit Lake Sutherland Reservoir Swanson Reservoir Two Rivers Union Pacific Verdon Victoria Springs Wagon Train Walgren Lake War Axe Wildcat Hills Willow Creek Windmill

State Recreation Trails	Cowboy Trail

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (web)

Nature centers in the United States

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