Missouri National Recreational River
P.O. Box 591
O'Neill, NE 68763-0591

Phone: 402-336-3970

Two reaches of the Missouri River are protected here. The portion originally set aside, from Gavins Point Dam near Yankton, South Dakota, to Ponca, Nebraska, still exhibits the river's dynamic character in its islands, bars, chutes, and snags. An upper reach between Lewis and Clark Lake and Fort Randall Dam exhibits native floodplain forest, tallgrass and mixed grass prairies, and habitats for several endangered species.