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Horse Creek Fen
© R. Farris/TNC

Places We Protect in Nebraska

Niobrara Valley Preserve
Biological crossroads of the Great Plains.

Missouri River Project
The Missouri River drains one-sixth of the U.S. and flows 2,341 miles from its headwaters in Montana to its confluence with the Mississippi River at St. Louis.

Sandhills
The most extensive and intact wetland/grassland system in the United States.

Cherry Ranch
This working ranch encompasses high-quality landscapes representative of the Northern Great Plains Steppe Ecoregion. Because it lies along the Niobrara River, the Cherry Ranch provides an opportunity to partner with neighboring ranchers on sensible management of this aquatic resource and its associated grasslands.

Horse Creek Fen
Preserving healthy fens for native flora and fauna is our goal for the Horse Creek Fen project.

Little Salt Fork Marsh
In the fall of 1996, The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) embarked on an ambitious project to restore, enhance and expand the saline wetlands at The Nature Conservancy's Little Salt Fork Marsh north of Lincoln.

Platte River
The Platte River has long been recognized as a major migratory bird resource in the state of Nebraska. Birds utilizing the Great Plains Flyway have found the combination of broad river, wet meadows and abundant food supply offered by the Platte an attractive combination. From an international point of view, the Platte River is the critical link in a migratory pathway used by millions of birds as they travel back and forth from Siberia, Canada and the United States and Central and South America.

Rainwater Basin
The Rainwater Basin region covers 4,200 square miles in a 17-county area south of the Platte River. In wet springs, rainwater fills depressions, creating ideal feeding and resting places for millions of geese and ducks migrating through the Great Plains.

Rulo Bluffs
In 1989 Ray Schulenberg, a prairie authority who had a long career with the Morton Arboretum near Chicago, donated 284 acres near Rulo to the Conservancy's Nebraska Chapter.