Features
![Monarch Butterflies at a Sanctuary in Mexico](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170107104844im_/https://www.fws.gov/uploadedImages/Region_3/NWRS/Zone_2/Seney_Complex/Seney/Home/Rotator_Items/monarchs.jpg)
Winter's Rest
The monarchs that originated in the Midwest and Eastern U.S. migrate to Mexico. In winter month they can be found on one of 12 mountains.
Winter Roosts
![Big Stone Wetland Management District](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170107104844im_/https://www.fws.gov/uploadedImages/Region_3/NWRS/Zone_3/Big_Stone_Complex/Big_Stone_WMD/Sections/About/AboutTheDistrict512.jpg)
Wetland Management District
District Office is co-located with the Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge
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![Northern Tallgrass Prairie](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170107104844im_/https://www.fws.gov/uploadedImages/Region_3/NWRS/Zone_3/Big_Stone_Complex/Big_Stone/Home/Rotator_Items/station_photo_rotator.jpg)
Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR
Established to provide a means to permanently preserve a portion of northern tallgrass prairie in western Minnesota and northwestern Iowa.
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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.
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![Big Stone NWR Habitat](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170107104844im_/https://www.fws.gov/uploadedImages/Region_3/NWRS/Zone_3/Big_Stone_Complex/Big_Stone/Home/Persistent_Promos/BigStone2_AliceHanley194.jpg)
Managing the habitat of the refuge is key to protecting the native plants and wildlife of Big Stone NWR.
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