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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-706 (2026)

Game refuges; establishment; description

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(1) For the better protection of birds and the establishment of breeding places therefor, the following area within the State of Nebraska is hereby set aside, designated, and established as a state game refuge: All that portion of the State of Nebraska on the North Platte River and for one hundred ten yards back of the banks of said stream on the land side in Garden County, Nebraska.

(2) For the better protection of birds and the establishment of breeding and resting places therefor, the following areas within the State of Nebraska are hereby set aside, designated, and established as state game refuges: (a) All that portion of the State of Nebraska on the Platte River and for one hundred ten yards on each side of the banks of said stream from the west line of Dodge County and Saunders County east and southeast to the bridge across said Platte River, west of Venice, Nebraska, on U.S. Route No. 30A and State Route No. 92; (b) all that portion of the State of Nebraska embracing the channel or channels of the Niobrara River and for one hundred ten yards back from the banks of such stream on the land side in Boyd and Holt Counties, extending from the west line of Boyd and Holt Counties on the west to State Highway No. 11 on the east; and (c) all that portion of the State of Nebraska on the North Platte River, and for one hundred ten yards on each side of the banks of the stream in sections twenty-one, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, thirty-four, thirty-five, and thirty-six, township fourteen north, range thirty, west of the sixth principal meridian, Lincoln County, Nebraska.

(3) For purposes of sections 37-701 to 37-708, the banks of said stream means the banks of the river which are the elevation of ground which confines the water at a level not exceeding flood stage.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1991–2008 · leading case: Scofield v. STATE, DNR, 753 N.W.2d 345 (Neb. 2008).
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Scofield v. STATE, DNR, 753 N.W.2d 345 (Neb. 2008). · cites it 21× “The court explained that it had already determined in a consolidated order in two other cases that the DNR had "properly utilized the statutory definitions detailed in Neb.Rev.Stat. § 37-706 in determining the boundaries of the Garden County Refuge.”
United States v. Wheeler, 44 F. Supp. 2d 1030 (D. Neb. 1999). · cites it 2× “See Neb. Rev.Stat. § 37-706(1) (Michie 1998) (defining Garden County refuge) and Neb.”
United States v. Hagen, 782 F. Supp. 1351 (D. Neb. 1991). “This interpretation of § 37-705 is further evidenced by the fact that the sale of the fish raised or propagated under a fish culturist’s permit is specifically regulated by Article 7 pursuant to § 37-706 and Game and Parks regulations promulgated thereunder.”
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-706(1): 2 cases
Scofield v. STATE, DNR, 753 N.W.2d 345 (Neb. 2008). “The court explained that it had already determined in a consolidated order in two other cases that the DNR had "properly utilized the statutory definitions detailed in Neb.Rev.Stat. § 37-706 in determining the boundaries of the Garden County Refuge.”
United States v. Wheeler, 44 F. Supp. 2d 1030 (D. Neb. 1999). “See Neb. Rev.Stat. § 37-706(1) (Michie 1998) (defining Garden County refuge) and Neb.”
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-706(3): 1 case
Scofield v. STATE, DNR, 753 N.W.2d 345 (Neb. 2008). “The court explained that it had already determined in a consolidated order in two other cases that the DNR had "properly utilized the statutory definitions detailed in Neb.Rev.Stat. § 37-706 in determining the boundaries of the Garden County Refuge.”
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