APRIL 2015 • NEBRASKAland 51
The sun shines through fog rising from the Niobrara River on a fall morning at Chat Canyon Wildlife Management Area.
Opposite: Prairie wild rose, an important fall and winter food for sharp-tailed grouse and prairie chickens, grows in the uplands.
Despite its bright yellow
chest, loud song and
conspicuous display
flights, the yellow-breasted
chat, the namesake of
Chat Canyon WMA, is
easily overlooked because
of its skulking nature
and the denseness of its
brushy haunts.
PHOTO
BY
BRIAN
E.
SMALL
Nenzel
Located southeast of Nenzel in Cherry
County, Chat Canyon is a 460-acre
wildlife management area with a unique
biodiversity of plant and animal species.
