Features
Managing Against Weeds
Visiting the Refuge June/July, you have probably seen staff and volunteers physically removing Houndstongue and Musk Thistle.
Refuge "Weeds" webpage
Grassland Habitat Restoration
Using agricultural methods to defeat invasive weeds and reestablish native grasses.
Restoration
Put Your Stamp on Conservation
Support habitat conservation by buying Federal Duck Stamp - one of the most successful conservation tools ever.
Federal Duck Stamp website
Bitterroot River Flooding
The river corridor is beautiful, but also the mechanism for creating terrestrial plant, animal life.
Bitterroot River and Riparian Forest
Refuge Montage
The Refuge is immersed in aesthetics and beauty of Bitterroot Valley; our Flickr site has great photos.
Refuge Flickr Account - Photo Set
Refuge Namesake - Lee Metcalf
The Refuge was renamed from Ravalli to Lee Metcalf NWR on August 16,1978, in honor of a public servant committed to conservation.
Lee MetcalfAbout 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
News and Happenings
Have a terrific Christmas Season from Lee Metcalf NWR staff. HOURS INFO: Office and Visitor Center will be closed Dec. 26-Jan. 3. Image, courtesy of Mike Daniels.
Open to all students K-12 ; great platform for learning art and science. Ideal inside winter time activity. Get your student involved.
Montana Junior Duck Stamp Program Overview
This morning, Dec. 17, was a cold one at -17F. January 3 was the second coldest day at -7.1F. Normal low is 16.4F; today's temp is not a record.
Pocket Gopher (left photo) and Meadow Vole (right photo) are active under the snow. Look for soil surface tunnels as snow melts down.
Characteristic species of riparian, gallery forest habitat; requires snags for nesting and eats free-flying insects and fruit.
Learn more
Last Updated: Dec 21, 2016