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“Today’s visitors are tomorrow’s Nebraskans,” said John Ricks, executive director of the Nebraska Tourism Commission and architect of the state’s much-talked about tourism slogan: "Nebraska, honestly it’s not for everyone."
More than 80 per cent of the world’s sandhill cranes converge on the Platte River in central Nebraska between late February and early April.
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Here are 8 of the Midwest's top spots to bird-watch, including Horicon Marsh in Wisconsin, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie in Illinois, Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge in Minnesota and the Platte River Valley in Nebraska.
The sandhill crane migration is one of the biggest shows of the spring. But there are lots of other birds and wildlife to see in the next few months.
York native Lizzy Gilbert is continuing her grandmother's conservation legacy in her work as development director of Audubon Great Plains.