This trail just south of the Lied Bridge crossing the Platte River ends in a few hundred feet. People are trying to link trails from Omaha and Lincoln through Cass County. (Paul Hammel/Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — Facing a stalemate with Cass County in developing a recreation trail across that eastern Nebraska county, a local natural resources district is taking a new tack.

At a recent meeting, the Lower Platte South Natural Resources District voted to develop a 2.25-mile segment of trail it already owns in Cass County and to pursue trails that connect two state parks and could eventually link up with a hiking-biking bridge that spans the Platte River near Cedar Creek.

The development comes after the Cass County Board did an about face in May, deciding against approving a route across t

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