Lillian Annette Rowe Sanctuary & Iain Nicholson Audubon Center is 1,250 acres. This area, the largest Audubon refuge in the region, protects prime sandhill and whooping crane habitats near Kearney, and includes nearly six miles of river frontage, plus about 260 acres of native prairie. Several riverside blinds are located
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Atlanta Waterfowl Production Area
The habitat includes 659 upland acres and 453 wetland acres, seasonally open to public hunting for pheasant, waterfowl and doves. Atlanta WPA contains a large wetland basin that requires a large runoff event to provide adequate water for migratory waterfowl. For this reason, the basin is dry in many low
Ashfall State Historical Park
With 360 acres, this is an extremely important paleontological SITE that preserves the fossils of horses, rhinos, camels, and other animals (including cranes similar to modern African crowned cranes) interred under a thick layer of volcanic dust that settled here about ten million years ago. This site is located where eastern
Ash Hollow State Historical Park
This historically interesting park has a wide variety of habitats, from exposed rocky bluffs that are used by great horned owls, American kestrels, and sometimes prairie falcons, through grassy wet meadows where bobolinks and eastern meadowlarks are present, to riparian wooded habitats used by warbling vireos and other wooded habitats
Ash Grove Wildlife Management Area
Includes rolling hills pasture land, grasses, rock outcrops, and a spring-fed stream.
Arrowhead Wildlife Management Area
Area 320 acres. Upland habitats.
Arcadia Diversion Dam Wildlife Management Area
This area consists of Middle Loup River Valley, mostly of grasslands and tree plantings, but with deciduous wooded habitats lining the river. There are some campgrounds on both sides of the river.
Arbor Lodge State Historical Park
There are hundreds of planted but mature trees in the arboretum, and a 0.5-mile tree trail. with identification tags. Worth visiting for historical reasons as well as for learning tree identification. A local bird list (Nebraska City area) is available. State park entry permit required.
Arbor Lake
Area 63 acres. Consists of a 63-acre saline and semi-permanent wetland that seasonally supports great-tailed grackles, migrant ducks and shorebirds, and prairie passerines.
Arbor Day Farm Tree Adventure
Arbor Day Farm Tree Adventure is a beautiful, family-friendly outdoor attraction in Nebraska City – home of Arbor Day. Explore the tree house trail nestled in rich Missouri River deciduous forest. Climb a 50 foot high tree house to view canopy birds on their level and get a birds-eye view