Natural Sites

Nonprofit nature center with more than 1,500 acres of trails, a river boardwalk and a raptor refuge.

The Herb Mignery Sculpture Garden in Bartlett, Nebraska showcases one of the largest displays of bronze statues in the country, with more than 50 bronze sculptures by internationally acclaimed artist Herb.

Found in northcentral Nebraska, the Sandhills is estimated to be have more than 1 million acres of mostly freshwater wetlands spread out over 19,300 square miles. They include saturated meadows, shallow marshes and the fringes of deeper lakes, rivers and streams, which are fed by groundwater from the Ogallala Aquifer over which the region lies.

Niobrara Valley Preserve is a Nature Conservancy preserve in north-central Nebraska protecting one of the most ecologically diverse landscapes in the Great Plains, where eastern and western species.

Robber's Cave Tours — Natural Sites in Lincoln, Nebraska.

The Valentine National Wildlife Refuge is located in the heart of the Sandhills in north-central Nebraska and was established by Congress in 1935 “as a breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife.” The Refuge is home to 270 species of birds, 59 species of mammals, and 22 species of reptiles and amphibians, and is a unique and ecologically important component of the National Wildlife Refuge System. The native grass prairie in the hills, meadows, wetlands, lakes and marshes in the valleys found here provide habitat for a diversity of wildlife.