Sandhill crane season begins each year around Feb. 15 and continues through April 15 along the Platte River in central Nebraska. See photos th…
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Sandhill crane season begins each year around Feb. 15 and continues through April 15 along the Platte River in central Nebraska. See photos th…
Nebraska has many opportunities thanks to its diverse habitats -- everything from prairie to ponderosa pine, wetlands and more than 23,000 miles of rivers and streams.
This year, as the cranes return to central Nebraska, area business and tourism leaders believe tourists — and their dollars — will return as well. For three straight years, natural disasters and then a pandemic kept them away.
Around 27,500 cranes were counted on the Crane Trust's first aerial survey on Feb. 14. The report also listed 23,200 dark geese, 73 trumpeter swans and seven bald eagles.
The Top 10 attractions in the state for 2020 were tallied based on visitor numbers reported to the Nebraska Tourism Commission. Many of the at…
Usually, different species arrive in waves: geese, then ducks, and then cranes. This year, they're all coming at once. "So it's a good time to bird-watch."