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GUIDE TO NEBRASKA'S WETLANDS
in the adjacent Verdigris/Bazile Biological Unique
Landscape. In the lower portion of the river, many
landowners have voluntarily enrolled portions of
their property into the NRCS's Wetlands Reserve
Easements Program and have restored their wetlands
located along the river. Websites: nrcs.usda.gov,
search "wetland reserve easements;" nps.gov/niob;
NebraskaNaturalLegacy.org.
Contacts
Niobrara National Scenic River — The National Park
Service manages a total of 76 miles of the Niobrara
as a National Scenic River. Contact: National Park
Service, 214 W. Highway 20, Valentine, NE 69201
(402) 376-1901. Other contacts include Fort Niobrara
National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Box 67, Valentine, NE 69201, (402) 376-3789;
the Niobrara Valley Preserve, The Nature Conservancy,
Box 348, Johnstown, NE 69214, (402) 722-4440; and
the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission offi ce in
Norfolk, (402) 370-3374.
Springs located along the canyon walls of the river valley form
spring branch canyon wetlands, and are also the source of over
200 waterfalls along this reach of the river. MICHAEL FORSBERG
