The Niobrara formation, sometimes called the Niobrara Chalk, has emerged as the second-hottest liquids-rich play in the Rockies after the Bakken shale. It is situated mainly in northeastern Colorado ...

Attention nature lovers: Kansas' new state park that has scenery and wildlife that rivals Badlands National Park is now open.The Little Jerusalem Badlands State Park officially opened Oct. 12. The ...

Here the Niobrara is fairly shallow and drillers have used vertical drilling with artificial fracturing to produce gas from the chalk. During this century's first decade, more than 2,700 natural gas ...

LOGAN COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) — Kansas is known for its prairies, but now we’re connecting you to an ancient wonder of the prairie, Little Jerusalem Badlands, Kansas’ most dramatic Niobrara chalk ...

Jim McGuire grew up playing in the Logan County Niobrara Chalk formation known as Little Jerusalem, crawling across the rolling rock towers and carving his name into the rock alongside scrawled names ...

Chuck Bonner and Barbara Shelton live a quiet existence along the Niobrara Chalk Beds of northern Scott County. But, come Wednesday night the two fossil hunters will be featured in the second part of ...

John Patterson Lockridge died peacefully on September 7, 2015 at his home in Pebble Beach, California at the age of 84. Known as “Mr. Niobrara,” John was a visionary and innovative industry leader in ...