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Arrowwood NWR Arrowwood WMD Johnson Lake NWR Chase Lake NWR Chase Lake WMD Chase Lake Prairie Project Valley City WMD Tomahawk NWR Stoney Slough NWR Sibley Lake NWR Half-way Lake NWR Hobart Lake NWR Audubon NWR and WMD Lake Patricia NWR Camp Lake NWR Hiddenwood NWR Lake Ilo NWR Lake Nettie NWR Lake Otis NWR Lost Lake NWR McLean NWR Pretty Rock NWR Sheyenne Lake NWR Stewart Lake NWR White Lake NWR Des Lacs NWR Lostwood NWR Lostwood WMD Shell Lake NWR Crosby WMD Lake Zahl NWR Devils Lake WMD Brumba NWR Kellys Slough NWR Lake Alice NWR Ardoch NWR Lambs Lake NWR Little Goose NWR Pleasant Lake NWR Rock Lake NWR Rose Lake NWR Silver Lake NWR Snyder Lake NWR Stump Lake NWR Sullys Hill NGP Wood Lake NWR J. Clark Salyer NWR and WMD Buffalo Lake NWR Cottonwood NWR Lords Lake NWR Rabb Lake NWR School Section Lake NWR Williw Lake NWR Wintering River NWR |
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Wildlife Refuges Detailed Refuge Map with Counties and Roads (94 KB) Wetland Management Districts Detailed Wetland Management District map with county lines |
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Kulm WMD Bone Hill Creek NWR Dakota Lake NWR Maple River NWR Long Lake NWR Wetland Management District Florence Lake NWR Slade NWR Appert Lake NWR Canfield Lake NWR Hutchinson Lake NWR Lake George NWR Springwater NWR Sunburst Lake NWR |
Tewaukon NWR and WMD Storm Lake NWR Wild Rice Lake NWR Upper Souris NWR |
North Dakota contains 63 National Wildlife Refuges, more than any other state. These 63 refuges encompass more than 290,000 acres. In addition, there are 11 Wetland Management Districts with over 254,000 acres of Waterfowl Production Areas.
Chase Lake NWR has the largest breeding colony of white pelicans in North America.
Two major geological areas divide Devils Lake WMD. The Northeastern Drift Plain, consisting of many shallow potholes or lakes scattered among rolling hills, covers the western two-thirds of Devils Lake, while an old lake bed, a remnant of glacial Lake Agassiz, covers the Red River Valley in the east.
J. Clark Salyer NWR is the largest Refuge in North Dakota and most diverse in terms of habitat. The Refuge includes freshwater marshes, open grasslands, riparian corridors, flood plains, wet meadows, and a sandhill formation with an oak/aspen forest and sand prairie.
Cultural resources at Lake Ilo NWR show over 11,000 years of continuous occupation.
One of the highest known populations of sharp-tailed grouse in the U.S. is found at Lostwood NWR.
The diversity of bird life at Long Lake NWR has brought national recognition to the area as one of the nation's top ten birding "hot spots".
Sullys Hill National Game Preserve offers great opportunities to see and photograph large game animals and a variety of neotropical birds occupying the forested habitat.
Tewaukon NWR is the only refuge in North Dakota in the northern tallgrass prairie pothole region. Unique butterfly species such as the Dakota Skipper and Regal Fritillary; birds including bobolinks, grasshopper sparrows, upland sandpipers and northern harriers; and plant species consisting of big bluestem, Indian grass, porcupine grass, blazing star, coneflowers and lead plant can be found there.
Upper Souris NWR provides visitors with many hours of enjoyable outdoor activities including fishing, hunting, birdwatching, wildflower identification, canoeing, picnicking, wildlife photography and berry picking.
North Dakota Ecological Services Field Office - Bismarck, North Dakota
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