Niobrara

Paul A. Johnsgard, a regular visitor to the Niobrara for more than four decades, is Foundation Regents Professor Emeritus in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and an elected fellow of the American Ornithologists' Union since 1961. He is author of more than four dozen books on natural history, most recently Prairie Dog Empire: A Saga of the Shortgrass Prairie (Nebraska 2005).

"Johnsgard's book is not a travel guide. It is the first comprehensive look at the geological, paleontological and natural history of the river valley, a reference book for people who want to know how the valley came into being and what makes it such a rare and beautiful place."—Algis J. Laukaitis, Lincoln Journal Star "Paul Johnsgard's The Niobrara is one of the very best books—if not the very best—he has written. . . . [It] displays the variety of Johnsgard's talents. It combines graceful readability with his own sketches in a book overflowing with the evolutionary history of the remarkable Niobrara Valley."—Harold Andersen, Omaha World-Herald "Johnsgard's book is the ultimate reference guide for an amateur natural scholar. . . . The Niobrara is perfectly suited as a source for research projects in high school, beginning college students, and those with a long-established, deep interest in the river."—Nebraska Life "This is a natural history of Nebraska's most beautiful river, by a master biologist who is very familiar with the scientific literature of the Niobrara and its valley and watershed."—Francis Moul, Lincoln Journal Star