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GUIDE TO NEBRASKA'S WETLANDS
Alliance, (308-763-2940); or North Platte, (308-535-
8025).
Select Public Use Areas
• American Game Marsh WMA, 19 miles south of
Johnstown, Brown County
• South Pine WMA, 11 miles south of Long Pine,
Brown County
• Ballard's Marsh WMA, 18 miles south of Valentine,
Cherry County
• Cottonwood-Steverson Lake WMA, 28 miles north
of Hyannis, Cherry County
• McKelvie National Forest, 28 miles southwest of
Valentine, Cherry County; there are many Sandhill
wetlands along Merritt Dam Road.
• Shell Lake WMA, 8 miles north, 9 miles east of
Gordon, Cherry County
• Valentine National Wildlife Refuge, 22 miles south
of Valentine, Cherry County
• Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge, 23 miles
north of Oshkosh, Garden County
• Avocet WMA, 2 miles west of Hyannis, Grant
County
• Goose Lake WMA, 6 miles south, 10 miles east of
Chambers, Holt County
• Twin Lakes-Rock County WMA, 18 miles south, 3
miles east of Bassett, Rock County
Evening primrose covers the Loup/Platte River Sandhills prairie that surrounds a wetland on the Sunny Hollow Wildlife Management
Area in Nance County. Grasslands and wetlands are often intermingled and this provides benefi ts to a wide variety of wildlife species
that use both types of habitats. JON FARRAR, NEBRASKALAND
