Tag Archives: Niobrara River

Daemonelix Trail (Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, NE)

Posted on December 3, 2022 by Andrew Wojtanik

Imagine a creature roughly approximating a beaver or large prairie dog but one that digs holes in a spiral nearly 10 feet deep, forming tunnels resembling a corkscrew or drill bit: this is the curious activity of the prehistoric paleocastor, … Continue reading →

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Fossil Hills Trail (Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, NE)

Posted on November 27, 2022 by Andrew Wojtanik

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument in northwest Nebraska was established a mere quarter century ago—in June 1997—but its famed mammal fossils date to the early Paleocene Epoch, just after the mass extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Dozens of … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Andrew Wojtanik

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 … Continue reading →

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Smith Falls Trail (Smith Falls State Park, NE)

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Andrew Wojtanik

“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 … Continue reading →

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