Features
What's happening
on the Refuge.
News Releases
![Summer of Paddling canoe with Ranger Ed](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121017231910im_/http://www.fws.gov/uploadedImages/Region_3/NWRS/Zone_1/Upper_Mississippi_River_Complex/Upper_Mississippi_River/Images/sop218x116.jpg)
Summer of Paddling
Summer 2012 is the year to experience a paddling trip on the Refuge.
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![Fall Flight count](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121017231910im_/http://www.fws.gov/uploadedImages/Region_3/NWRS/Zone_1/Upper_Mississippi_River_Complex/Upper_Mississippi_River/Home/Rotator_Items/waterfowlcounts.jpg)
Fall Flights
If weather permits, during fall waterfowl migration, fall flights are conducted to estimate bird use.
Surveys
![Field Notes](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121017231910im_/http://www.fws.gov/uploadedImages/Region_3/NWRS/Zone_1/Upper_Mississippi_River_Complex/Upper_Mississippi_River/Home/Rotator_Items/FieldNotes.jpg)
Field Notes
Read about the latest conservation work at the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife & Fish Refuge and other National Wildlife Refuges.
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![Capoli Slough](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121017231910im_/http://www.fws.gov/uploadedImages/Region_3/NWRS/Zone_1/Upper_Mississippi_River_Complex/Upper_Mississippi_River/Home/Rotator_Items/CapoliSlough.jpg)
Capoli Slough Habitat Project
This project includes constructing eleven islands, a riffle
channel, and emergent wetlands.
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About the NWRS
The National Wildlife Refuge System, within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, manages a national network of lands and waters set aside to conserve America’s fish, wildlife, and plants.
Learn more about the NWRS
![Fall flights](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121017231910im_/http://www.fws.gov/uploadedImages/Region_3/NWRS/Zone_1/Upper_Mississippi_River_Complex/Upper_Mississippi_River/Home/Persistent_Promos/Canvasback194x116.jpg)
Flights are flown through the fall waterfowl migration to determine bird use.
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