LINCOLN, NEB. (April 8, 2005)--The public is invited to experience the prairie on Earth Day, Friday, April 22, 10 a.m., at the Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center near Denton, Neb.

Poet Twyla Hansen will read her work celebrating the prairie's beauty, and Kathie O'Brian, a prairie conservationist, will participate in a ceremony marking the construction of an education building at Spring Creek Prairie. The building will be constructed from straw and prairie hay bales harvested at the site.

For information on this and other ecotourism events and attractions, contact Tom Tabor with the Nebraska Department of Economic Development's Travel and Tourism Division, at 800-228-4307, 402- 471-7755, or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

FOR INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Tom Tabor at 800-228-4307, 402-471-7755,
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