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Minnesota
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Links to Offices and Services in Minnesota
National Wildlife Refuges
Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge
218-449-4115Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge
320-273-2191Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
320-632-1575Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge
218-687-2229Hamden Slough National Wildlife Refuge
218-439-6319Mille Lacs National Wildlife Refuge
218-768-2402Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
952-854-5900Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge
320-273-2191Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge
218-768-2402Rydell National Wildlife Refuge
218-687-2229Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge
612-389-3323Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge
218-847-2641Upper Mississippi National Wildlife and Fish Refuge Headquarters
507-452-4232Winona District of the Upper Mississippi River NWFR
507-454-7351Wetland Management Districts
Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District
218-847-4431Fergus Falls Wetland Management District
218-739-2291Litchfield Wetland Management District
320-693-2849Morris Wetland Management District
320-589-1001Windom Wetland Management District
507-831-2220Wetland Acquisition Offices
Fergus Falls Wetland Acquisition Office
218-736-0625Litchfield Wetland Acquisition Office
320-693-2849Ecological Services
Twin Cities Ecological Services Field Office
612-725-3548Law Enforcement
Duluth Law Enforcement Office
218-720-5357Minneapolis Airport Wildlife Inspection Office
612-726-6302St. Paul Law Enforcement Office
651-778-8360Other Programs/Offices
Federal Aid
Migratory Bird Conservation
North American Waterfowl Management Plan
Private Lands Office
Realty
Region 3 - Regional OfficeOther Information
State Capital
Travel Information
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
Midwest Natural Resources Group (MNRG)
State Facts
The Service employs 441 people in Minnesota, and about half of those are at the Regional Office at Ft. Snelling.
The Fiscal Year 2006 Resource Management budget for Service activities in Minnesota totaled $40.6 million
13 National Wildlife Refuges totaling more than 214,000 acres
Eight Wetland Management Districts totaling more than 267,000 acres
In 2004, more than 4.4 million people visited national wildlife refuges and wetland districts in Minnesota to hunt, fish, participate in interpretive programs and view wildlife
Federal Assistance to State Fish and Wildlife Programs
In 2006 Minnesota received:
$12.8 million for sport fish restoration
$7 million for wildlife restoration and hunter education
Waterfowl Production Areas
Incorporated into the refuge system in 1966, nearly 95 percent of waterfowl production areas are located in the prairie wetlands or “ potholes” of the Dakotas, Minnesota, Montana and Wisconsin. If wetlands in this vast prairie pothole region were not saved from drainage, hundreds of species of migratory birds would have been seriously threatened or become extinct.
Although waterfowl production areas, easements, and National Wildlife Refuges account for less than 2 percent of the landscape in the prairie pothole region states, they are responsible for producing nearly 23 percent of this area’s waterfowl. That is why working with private landowners through voluntary partnerships to enhance wetlands is so critical to protecting waterfowl.
By law, waterfowl production areas are open to hunting, fishing, and trapping. Other important wildlife-dependent uses include wildlife observation, photography, and environmental education.
Protecting Endangered Species The Twin Cities Ecological Services
Field Office works to conserve and protect the 16 federally listed endangered, threatened or candidate species in Minnesota. Actions to save these species from extinction result in improved water quality, preservation and restoration of natural areas, clean up of contaminants, and restoration of degraded rivers and streams.
The Service leads recovery work for the winged mapleleaf, an endangered species considered to be one of the rarest freshwater mussels in North America. The Twin Cities Ecological Services Field Office works with researchers from the University of Minnesota, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, USGS, the La Crosse Fishery Resource Office, and National Park Service. Recent accomplishments include identifying channel catfish and blue catfish as suitable hosts, undertaking river studies to ensure artificial propagation and reintroduction follows the mussels’ natural cycle, and monitoring range expansion of invasive zebra mussels.
