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About 45,800 acres of Sandhills dunes and lakes, 28 miles north of Oshkosh; much of it burned in the March 2026 Morrill Fire.
10630 Road 181
Ellsworth, NE
69340
Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge protects over 19,000 acres of mixed-grass prairie and Niobrara River habitat near Valentine.
39983 Refuge Rd
Valentine, NE
69201
A WETLAND UNIT OF THE NORTH PLATTE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE Lake Alice is a shallow reservoir and wetland unit within the North Platte National Wildlife Refuge complex, located in Scotts Bluff County a.
291038 The Point Road
Minatare, NE
69356
The 136-acre Stateline Island unit of the North Platte National Wildlife Refuge, on the river at the Wyoming line south of Henry; open year-round in daylight.
Henry, NE
69349
The Valentine National Wildlife Refuge is located in the heart of the Sandhills in north-central Nebraska and was established by Congress in 1935 “as a breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife.” The Refuge is home to 270 species of birds, 59 species of mammals, and 22 species of reptiles and amphibians, and is a unique and ecologically important component of the National Wildlife Refuge System. The native grass prairie in the hills, meadows, wetlands, lakes and marshes in the valleys found here provide habitat for a diversity of wildlife.
39679 Pony Lake Road
Valentine, NE
69201