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Fort Falls Trail (Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge, NE)

On By Andrew WojtanikIn Easy Hikes, Nebraska2 Comments

Fort Falls Trail, Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge, July 2022 A pioneer of environmental conservation, President Theodore Roosevelt created, with the stroke of a pen in January 1912, Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge in northern Nebraska, protecting a “preserve and breeding ground for native birds.” The refuge also protects herds of bison and elk—rarities on …

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Smith Falls Trail (Smith Falls State Park, NE)

On By Andrew WojtanikIn Easy Hikes, Nebraska3 Comments

Smith Falls, Smith Falls State Park, July 2022 “Honestly, it’s not for everyone” – so goes the official tourism slogan for the state of Nebraska, a Great Plains state notable mostly for its fields of corn and the invention of the Reuben sandwich and Kool-Aid. The tourism campaign is tongue-in-cheek, of course, but it may …

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