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in origin, saline mud flats, some scat- 

 tered trees and shrubs, resort of water- 

 birds in migration. Altitude 1140 ft. 

 Street car from Lincoln. 



5. * Nebraska National Forest, Loup 

 Division. (C3.) About in the center 

 of the state, and two mi. from Halsey, 

 which is 225 mi. from Lincoln on the 

 Chicago Burlington, and Quincy R. R. 

 containing about 90,000 acres of sand 

 hills and lying between the middle 

 Loup and Dismal rivers. No lakes, 

 but some marsh along the streams. 

 Little deciduous timber and shrubbery 

 along Loup and about 7000 acres of 

 planted pine, a small part old enough 

 to have developed forest conditions. A 

 few deer. Altitude 2710 to 2940 ft. 



Drive out from Halsey. (See page 

 237, in account of D2 National Forest.) 



6. *Nebraska National Forest, Ni- 

 obrara Division. (C3.) 20 mi. from 

 Nenzil, a station 329 mi. northwest of 

 Omaha, on the Chicago and North- 

 western Ry., containing 126,000 acres of 

 sand-hills, bordering on the Niobrara 

 river. Some deciduous timber and 

 thickets, but mostly sand-hills; few 

 small lakes. Altitude 2700 to 3100 ft. 



Drive out from Nenzil. 



7. *United States Game Preserve. 

 Containing about 16,200 acres, one mi. 

 east of Valentine which is also on the 

 Chicago and Northwestern R. R., 299 

 mi. from Omaha. Small flood-plain, 

 bluffs, canyons, river, deciduous timber 

 and some thickets. Bison, elk and 

 deer in captivity. Altitude 2480 to 

 2600 ft. 



Drive from Valentine. 



8. Lake region of Cherry County. (A4.) 

 An area about 8 mi. square directly 

 south of Valentine, with a dozen lakes 

 varying from fresh to strongly alkaline, 

 in size from \ mi. across to 4 mi. long 

 and one mi. wide. Should be a state 

 park and contain game preserves. 

 Sand-hills, lakes, with varied shores, 

 marshes, hay flats, blow-outs, shifting 

 sand areas, the center of breeding 

 grounds for water birds. Altitude 2680 

 to 2785 ft. 



Drive out from Wood Lake or Valen- 

 tine, 20 to 25 mi. 



9. *StatePark. (A4.) Dawes County. 

 Containing 640 acres, 8 mi. from 

 Chadron, which is in the northwest 

 corner of the State, 447 mi. from Omaha 

 and reached by the C. & N. W. R. R. 

 Under state control. In plains region, 

 representing a portion of the Pine ridge 

 coniferous woodland. Cliffs, talus 

 slopes, canyons, pine, streams with 

 deciduous timber and shrubbery. Alti- 

 tude 3485 to 3720 ft. 



Drive from Chadron. 



10. *Wood and timber reserve. (A4.) 

 Near Fort Robinson, 29 mi. west of 

 Chadron and reached by the C. & N. 

 W. R. R., and also 426 mi. from Lincoln 

 by way of the C. B. & Q. R. R., con- 

 taining 12 sq. mi. Under national 

 government control. This is part of a 

 tract, 20 mi. east and west, 4 north 

 and south, containing about 80 sq. mi. 

 and lying along the Pine Ridge, which 

 should be a state park. Rock cliffs, 

 talus slopes, high plains, canyons, 

 valley, bad lands, pine forest, deciduous 

 forest in canyons, springs, streams, 

 valley canyons, sage brush, a few deer, 

 beaver, and all forms referred to pre- 

 viously as in coniferous forest region. 

 Altitude 3735 to 4000 ft. 



Drive out from Crawford, 10 mi., or 

 Harrison, 4 mi. 



11. Scott's Bluff. (A4.) Two mi. 

 from Gering, on the Union Pacific R. R., 

 426 mi. from Omaha, and reached also 

 by the C. B. & Q. R. R. It contains 

 about 400 acres, in part now deeded. A 

 proposed state park. In plains region. 

 Cliffs, talus slopes, canyons, scattering 

 pine, sage brush, bad lands. Altitude 

 3880 to 4662 ft. 



Drive from Gering. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY 



Anderson, E. N., and Walker, E. R. An 

 Ecological Study of the Algae of some 

 Sandhill Lakes. Trans. Amer. Mic. 

 Soc., XXXIX, 51-85, pis. IV-XII. 

 1920. 



Bessey, C. E. Plant Migration Studies, 

 Uni. Neb. Studies, V, 1-27. 1905. 



