I'm no nature boy. I like nature fine, as long as I don't have to spend a lot of time out in it. And the Nature Center, which is having its grand opening this weekend, is perfect for a citified tenderfoot like me. The hall is compact and compelling. I love aquariums, even if they only have Kansas fish.
Tiger salamanders are cool.
We have a remarkable variety of flora and fauna right in our back yards. Nature Center Director Bob Gress says we have lots of bobcats in the Wichita area because the living is easy. Bobcats prey on prairie voles and such, and there are lots of those little rats around. This is the kind of useful stuff you learn hanging out at the Nature Center. The center is the realization of an idea that was hatched back in 1988.