Features
Lake Andes NWR Complex
The Lake Andes NWR Complex consists of the Lake Andes NWR, Karl E. Mundt NWR and the Lake Andes Wetland Management District.
Lake Andes NWR Complex
Photo Gallery
Look what we've seen on Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge Complex!
Photo Gallery
Hours of Operation
The Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters is open 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Monday-Friday except Federal Holidays.
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Annual Christmas Bird Count
Volunteers and employees will conduct an early-winter bird count. Please call 605-487-7603 if you would like to participate.
Christmas Bird Count
SD Birding Festival at Ft Randall
The 6th Annual Birding Festival was a success. Please plan to attend May 2017.
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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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American Avocet
• This avocet has long, thin, gray legs with black and white plumage on the back and white on the underbelly. The neck and head are cinnamon in the summer and gray in the winter. The long, thin bill is curved upward and the avocet sweeps it back and forth in the water to feed. Chicks walk, swim, and feed themselves.