State to get $2.4 million grant, the first step in buying Snake River stretch

The state will get a $2.4 million grant to help it purchase a stretch of the Snake River, including Nebraska's largest waterfalls, following a vote Thursday by the Nebraska Environmental Trust. But fly fishermen and nature lovers need not yet plan a trip to Cherry County, because the grant is just one piece that must fall into place before the project proceeds. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission sought the grant to help fund the $3.3 million purchase of the Snake River Falls and a roughly three-mile section of the stream upstream of them. But the proposal hinges on an effort by a private fishing club to buy a second three-mile stretch below the falls. It remains to be seen whether the Snake Falls Sportsmen's Club can meet a rapidly approaching funding deadline...more

The lady who sent me the links to the above and to this article says:

"A prime example of using public funds to subsidize a private fishin' hole. Boondoggle in the boondocks."