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North Platte National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of Nebraska and includes 5,047 acres (20.42 km 2).Managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the refuge is broken into four separate sections that are superimposed on U.S. Bureau of Reclamation–managed lakes and reservoirs.
Soldier Creek Wilderness is located in the U.S. state of Nebraska.Created by an act of Congress in 1986, the wilderness is managed by the U.S. Forest Service and covers an area of 7,794 acres (31.54 km 2) within the Pine Ridge section of the Nebraska National Forest.
The recreation area is managed by the Pine Ridge Ranger District of the Nebraska National Forest. It is home to wildlife species such as coyotes, bobcats, elk, white-tailed deer, mule deer, eagles, hawks, and wild turkeys. Activities in the recreation area include hiking, horseback riding, and mountain biking.
The area of the national forest is 116,079 acres (181.373 sq mi). The forest is managed as part of the U.S. Forest Service's Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands, from ranger district offices in Halsey, Nebraska. The national forest is entirely within Cherry County, Nebraska.
Bighorn sheep, pronghorn, elk, mule deer, and wild turkeys live in and around the hills. Cougars (mountain lions), which had been extirpated from the region around 1900, returned to the area in the early 1990s. The Wildcat Hills (along with the Pine Ridge), are the only areas in Nebraska with a permanent breeding cougar population. [1]
DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, created in 1958, is located along the banks of the Missouri River in the U.S. states of Iowa and Nebraska. The 8,362-acre (3,384 ha) refuge (46% in Iowa, 54% in Nebraska) preserves an area that would have been otherwise lost to cultivation.
Medicine Creek State Recreation Area (SRA) is a state recreation area in southern Nebraska, United States. The recreation area surrounds the 1,768-acre Medicine Creek Reservoir also known as Harry Strunk Lake, a reservoir on Medicine Creek. The recreation area is managed by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. [1]
Nebraska Tailwaters Recreation Area is a public recreation area located on the southern bank of the Missouri River, immediately downstream of Gavins Point Dam in Cedar County, Nebraska. [1] The area offers 42 campsites (31 RV campsites and 11 tent-only campsites), boat launch facilities, fishing pier, and shore access to the Missouri River. [ 2 ]