29 | Northeast Public Hunting Lands
NORTHEAST
Norfolk Office:
Tom Welstead, Wildlife Manager
tom.welstead@nebraska.gov
402-370-3374
American Game Marsh WMA – Brown County; 2E, 19S of Johnstown; dove, grouse, pheasant, waterfowl;
160 acres; Public Access Atlas Map Sheet 22
Audubon Bend USACE
– Cedar County; 2N, ¾E
of Wynot; deer, dove,
pheasant, quail, rabbit,
squirrel, turkey, waterfowl;
no target shooting; vehicles
must stay on gravel roads;
2,382 acres; Public Access
Atlas Map Sheet 39
Basswood Ridge WMA
– Dakota County; 2NW
of Homer; deer, rabbit,
squirrel, turkey; no target
shooting; 360 acres; Public Access Atlas Map Sheet 40
Bazile Creek WMA – Knox County; 2E of Niobrara, Neb. Hwy. 12; deer, pheasant, waterfowl; 4,495 acres;
Public Access Atlas Map Sheet 33
Beaver Bend WMA – Boone County; ½NW of St. Edward; dove, rabbit, squirrel; 27 acres; Public Access
Atlas Map Sheet 35
SHP - State Historical Park *
WMA - Wildlife Management Area *
SP - State Park *
SRA - State Recreation Area *
WPA - Waterfowl Production Area
NRD - Natural Resources District
FR - Federal Reservoir
NF - National Forest
USACE - U.S. Army Corps of Engineeers
NPS - National Park Service
NWR - National Wildlife Refuge
LIST OF PUBLIC HUNTING LANDS
The following public hunting lands include properites owned by the Nebraska Game and Parks
Commission, identified below in bold, and properites owned by other entities. Those other entities
may have their own regulations or restrictions. Contact those other entities for those regulations.
PUBLIC ACCESS ATLAS
The Nebraska Public Access Atlas is published each summer to provide
hunters, trappers and anglers a guide to publicly accessible land
statewide. It is printed in hard-copy form and is available in digital and
interactive versions. Visit OutdoorNebraska.org for more information.
The areas listed in the following Public Hunting Lands section can be
located in the Public Access Atlas by seeing the map sheet listed at the
end of each listing.
* NGPC-owned area
