LINCOLN – Supporters of the Niobrara River are contesting claims made by a local official about the status of federal funding and programs for managing the river and its environs as a congressionally ...

VALENTINE, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - Some fans of Nebraska’s Niobrara River describe a proposal to shift management of the scenic river to state and local entities as the biggest threat to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The scenic stretch of the Niobrara River – designated a year ago as a global “quiet trail” – was also a place of peace, according ...

The Niobrara National Scenic River, a 76-mile stretch east of Valentine, beckons canoers every summer with its 300-foot-high cliffs and wide-open skies. Best known for Discussed since the 1980s and ...

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March 29 (UPI) --Quiet is scarce in the United States, even in some of the country's most remote national parks and forests, where noise caused by humans -- the sounds of air traffic, military ...

VALENTINE, Neb. (AP) - Businesses in the Nebraska Sandhills that rely on tourists who want to float down the scenic Niobrara River say their losing business because of confusion over flooding. Unlike ...

The Niobrara River stamp is one of the 12 stamps featuring waterways in the U.S. that will go on sale Tuesday. The photo for the stamp was taken by Michael Melford near Berry Bridge. This stamp, ...

True silence is something most people rarely get to enjoy. Even when we're exploring seemingly remote places, human-made noises can still reach our ears, be it airplanes buzzing overhead or the ...

OMAHA, Neb. - Concern that overuse of Niobrara River water for irrigation could threaten its ecosystem or its recreation offerings has landed the 535-mile-long waterway a spot on a list of endangered ...