In 1804, Meriwether Lewis & William Clark began a voyage of discovery with 45 men, a keelboat, two pirogues, and a dog. They departed from Camp Wood located in what was to become Illinois.
There was a time there was just the river. Then people came. People and the river have been connected ever since. And now it's your turn.
This 76-mile reach of the Niobrara River in northcentral Nebraska was added to the nation's Wild and Scenic River System in 1991. The river is swift and shallow over much of its length, cutting through bedrock forming riffles, rapids and waterfalls.
A prominent natural landmark for emigrants on the Oregon Trail, Scotts Bluff, Mitchell Pass and the adjacent prairie lands are set aside in a 3, 000 acre national monument.
Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), located approximately 28 miles north of Oshkosh, Nebraska, was established in 1931 as a waterfowl production and maintenance Refuge.
The Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District (WMD) staff manages 61 tracts of wetland, totaling 23, 059 acres, scattered more than 14 counties in southeastern Nebraska.
Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is 19, 131 acres in size and located 4 miles east of Valentine along the Niobrara River in north-central Nebraska.
In the centuries before European settlement in this area, the Missouri River maintained multiple, braided channels. During times of flooding, the river would change course suddenly and unpredictably across its wide floodplain.
Located from central Nebraska west to the northern Panhandle, into southwestern South Dakota, and on east to the state's center, lies the Nebraska National Forest.