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Dawes County, Nebraska, United States: Nearest city: Chadron, Nebraska: Coordinates: Area: 6,600 acres (26.71 km 2) Governing body: United States Forest Service: Website: Pine Ridge Ranger District/Pine Ridge National Recreation Area
The 52,000-acre (81 sq mi; 210 km 2) Pine Ridge Ranger District is in the Pine Ridge region of northwest Nebraska. It contains about 36.1% of the forest's total area, and it lies in part of Dawes and Sioux counties. The native ponderosa forests were added to the National Forest system in the 1950s.
The Pine Ridge region has forested hills. The Pine Ridge is an escarpment between the Niobrara River and the White River in far northwestern Nebraska (a small section extends into South Dakota). The high tableland between the rivers has been eroded into a region of forested buttes, ridges and canyons.
Chadron State Park is a public recreation area located within the Nebraska National Forest, nine miles (14 km) south of Chadron, Nebraska, in the northwestern portion of the state. [2] The park's 974 acres (394 ha) include a portion of the Pine Ridge escarpment and Chadron Creek.
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.
Activists at Pine Ridge have worked to persuade Nebraska to enforce its own laws and support the tribe's prohibition. In 2004 the Oglala Sioux Tribe voted down a referendum to legalize alcohol sales, and in 2006 the tribal council voted to maintain the ban on alcohol sales, rather than taking on the benefits and responsibility directly. [42]
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (NGPC) is the State of Nebraska's State agency charged with stewardship of the state's fish, wildlife, state park, and outdoor recreation resources. The agency is led by a governor -appointed member commission consisting of 9 commissioners which directs agency management.
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