Places We Protect

Platte River Prairies

Nebraska

Pitcher sage and restored prairie at The Nature Conservancy's Derr Tract in the Central Platte River area.
Derr prairie Pitcher sage and restored prairie at The Nature Conservancy's Derr Tract in the Central Platte River area. © Chris Helzer/The Nature Conservancy

Full of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, wildflowers and grasses, there's something special to see year-round.

Located between Grand Island and Kearney, Nebraska, the Platte River Prairies are a chain of grasslands and wetlands that are managed for biological diversity.