Coordinates: 40°41′37″N 96°51′17″W / 40.6935°N 96.8548°W / 40.6935; -96.8548

Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center

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Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center
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LocationLancaster County, Nebraska
Nearest cityDenton
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Area808 acres (327 ha)
Established1998
springcreekprairie.audubon.org

Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center is an 850-acre (340 ha)[1] tallgrass prairie nature preserve located southwest of Lincoln, Nebraska near Denton. Established in 1998, it is home to 222 bird species,[2] 30 mammal species, 53 butterfly species, 35, dragonfly/damselfly species,[3] and over 370 plants.[4][5] Roughly three miles of walking trails run through the prairie. 19th-century wagon ruts from the Nebraska City-Fort Kearny Cutoff to the Oregon Trail can be observed.

An education building opened in 2006,[6] employing many green features.[7]

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