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Contacting the Refuge:

Refuge Manager: Margaret Anderson
e-mail: Agassiz@fws.gov or MidwestNews@fws.gov

22996 290th Street NE
Middle River, MN 56737
Phone: 218-449-4115
Fax: 218-449-3241
TTY: 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay)

Located 12 miles north of Thief River Falls
and 11 miles east on County Road 7

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Oct. 9, 2008

Agassiz NWR Reopens for Public Use

 

Downloads

Agassiz NWR CCP

Part I (1.2 MB pdf format)

Part II (4.1 MB pdf format)

Part III (3.1 MB pdf format)

Part IV (830k pdf format)

2005 Moose Mystery Research Summary Report (106k pdf format)

Visit the Minnesota Moose Mystery web site to learn of the efforts of Agassiz NWR and its partners to solve the mystery.

Download the 2005 Waterfowl Survey

View Agassiz NWR brochure (632k pdf format)

View Refuge Deer Hunting Brochure (2MB pdf format)

View refuge wildlife information

View Refuge Profile Page

Refuge Facts

• Established: 1937

• Acres: 61,500 (4,000 in wilderness)

• Refuge name changed from Mud Lake Migratory Waterfowl Refuge in 1961

• Maintains a resident moose herd

Financial Impact of Refuge

• Eleven person staff

• 20,000 visitors annually

• FY 2006 Budget: $1.5 million

Natural History

• First drainage district organized to convert the marshes into arable land in 1909

• Approximately $1 million had been spent on the drainage system by 1933

• Tax assessments forced the state legislature to absorb the drainage taxes and authorize the land to be purchased as a wildlife refuge

• The refuge lies in the bed of glacia Lake Agassiz in a transition zone between coniferous forests and the prairie pothole region

• Supports 287 species of birds and 49 species of mammals

Refuge Objectives

• Provide resting, nesting and feeding habitat for waterfowl and other migratory birds

• Provide habitat for resident wildlife

• Protect endangered and threatened species

• Provide for biodiversity

• Provide public opportunities for outdoor recreation and environmental education

• Conduct research

Highlight

The refuge is engaged in research that is unlocking the natural history secrets of American and least bitterns, moose and timber wolves

Priorities

• Construct trails, observation areas and environmental education facilities

• Active land management with emphasis on open landscape management focus area

• Develop and implement management plans and provide protection for 5,400 acres of easements within the refuge’s seven-county management district

• Repair ditch 11

Public Use Opportunities

• Wildlife observation

• Environmental education

• Auto tour route

• Hunting (big game)

• Two hiking trails

• Visitor center

Last updated: October 9, 2008

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