OGALLALA, Neb. (KOLN) - During a visit to Ogallala, we stopped at the Lake McConaughy Visitors and Water Interpretive Center, to rediscover why the lake is so important to the state.

Lake McConaughy is in for a historic makeover. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Friday approved a development plan for Lake McConaughy and Lake Ogallala that is expected to take two decades ...

Lake McConaughy, the state's largest reservoir, hasn't been full since Sept. 15, 1999. But that could change next year. Lake McConaughy could fill up by next year ...

Lake “Big Mac” McConaughy boasts unique camping along the shores, premier walleye fishing A “Mecca” for all types of boating, swimming; plenty of hunting, wildlife watching offered ...

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says a new Adopt-a-Beach program aims to keep two western Nebraska recreation areas free of litter.Lake McConaughy State Recreation Area staffers created the ...

According to a press release from CNPPID, Civil Engineer Tyler Thulin reported that Lake McConaughy’s elevation was at 323.5 feet as of Monday, Aug. 5, which is 53.2% of capacity.

If Lake McConaughy is Nebraska's largest rain gauge or drought monitor, it's been dry out there. The big reservoir in western Nebraska is 51 percent full, and North Platte River flows feeding the ...

OGALLALA, Neb.—Nebraska’s largest lake is also last year’s top producer of the state’s largest fish. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission says more master angler fish were caught at Lake ...

Lake McConaughy trails only Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo as Nebraska’s leading tourist attraction, annually bringing nearly 1.5 million people to the 20-mile long reservoir with nearly 100 miles ...

Lake McConaughy, the Great Depression-era reservoir that attracts more than 1 million annual visitors in western Nebraska, is on the verge of a 21st-century makeover.

Lake McConaughy, Nebraska's largest reservoir, is nearly 83 percent full and may have reached its peak elevation of 2012. Below-average snow accumulation in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and ...

Lake McConaughy is in for a historic makeover. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Friday approved a development plan for Lake McConaughy and Lake Ogallala that is expected to take two decades ...