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GUIDE TO NEBRASKA'S WETLANDS
wet meadow and slough wetlands and made them
more accessible to sandhill cranes and waterfowl
using the area. Further upstream, several private
land wetland restoration projects were completed by
Ducks Unlimited, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
the Sandhills Task Force, Nebraska Game and Parks
Commission, and the wildlife response to the projects
has been fun to watch.
Websites: ducks.org/nebraska, fws.gov/program/
partners-fi sh-and-wildlife.
Contacts
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission offi ce in
North Platte, (308) 535-8025.
Select Public Use Areas
• Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park, North
Platte, Lincoln County
• Muskrat Run WMA, 6 miles east, 1 mile north of
Hershey, Lincoln County
• North River WMA, 3 milies north of Hershey,
Lincoln County
LOWER PLATTE RIVER
Profi le
The Lower Platte River extends approximately 100
miles from where the Loup River joins the Platte near
Columbus to the Platte-Missouri River confl uence
south of Omaha. The river in this reach begins to
fl ow in a more defi ned channel, though islands and
sandbars are still numerous. The Lower Platte River
has fewer acres of wetlands and wet meadows
than the Central Platte River. The wetlands along
Morning light highlights the blooming blazing star on a wet meadow wetland along the Lower Platte River in Saunders County.
ETHAN FREESE, PLATTE BASIN TIMELAPSE
