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ALDA, Neb. (AP) — A well-known sandhill crane migration observatory that closed in 2007 has reopened with a new name and new funding.
The Crane Meadows Nature Center in central Nebraska is now the Nebraska Nature and Visitors Center.
The center closed so it could reorganize and address its funding problems. Now it will have financial support from the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Hastings College, the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program and the Nebraska Environmental Trust.
Center director Brad Mellema said he hopes to provide a comfortable, accessible place for people to connect to nature and the Platte River.
The center sits a few miles southwest of Grand Island, just off Interstate 80.
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