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    Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge was created on October 12, 2004, the 545th National Wildlife Refuge in the United States. Its creation was the result...
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  • there are 588 National Wildlife Refuges in the United States, with the addition of the Green River National Wildlife Refuge. Refuges that have boundaries...
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    Ridge are protected National Wildlife Refuges and State Forest. The refuge preserves natural habitat in four separated areas of the ridge. The refuge...
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    counties of Wisconsin. It is the site of both a national and a state wildlife refuge. The silted-up glacial lake is the largest freshwater cattail marsh...
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    Valentine National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of Nebraska and includes 19,131 acres (77.42 km2). The refuge protects a portion of the...
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    12500°W / 42.68333; -91.12500 Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern Iowa, southwestern Wisconsin...
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    Malheur National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located roughly 30 miles (48 km) south of the city of Burns in Oregon's Harney Basin. Administered...
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  • Thumbnail for Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge
    The Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge is a newly established United States national wildlife refuge that will include noncontiguous properties, especially...
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    the United States. In Minnesota, Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge was established in 2004. The core of the refuge is a preserved 5,000-acre (20 km2)...
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  • Thumbnail for Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge
    Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge is a United States National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), and part of the Everglades Headwaters NWR complex, located just...
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  • Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge, located in Kossuth County, Iowa, was established in 1938 to provide a refuge and breeding ground for waterfowl and...
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    Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge of the United States. It lies in the glacial lake country of northwestern Minnesota in...
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    Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge of the United States in Sherburne County, Minnesota. The 30,700-acre (124 km2) refuge protects...
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    Erskine State Wildlife Management Area Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge Gully Fen Scientific and Natural Area Hangaard State Wildlife Management Area...
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  • Thumbnail for Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
    Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge is a 240,000-acre (970 km2), 261-mile long (420 km) National Wildlife Refuge located in and along...
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    National Wildlife Refuge is located in northwest Minnesota. Packs of wolves, moose, waterfowl, and 294 species of birds make this refuge a wildlife wonderland...
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  • Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge was established to provide a means of working with individuals, groups, private organizations, and...
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  • American, Canadian and Mexican wildlife management agencies, Native American tribes and Canadian First Nations, state wildlife management agencies, non-governmental...
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    (500 cu mi) of water, half the volume of Lake Michigan. The Glacial Lake Missoula National Natural Landmark is located about 110 kilometers (68 mi) northwest...
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    area lacks the characteristic glacial deposits known as drift. Its landscape is characterized by steep hills, forested ridges, deeply carved river valleys...
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    Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Bear Swamp Wildlife Management Area Worthington State Forest Wallkill River National Wildlife Refuge New York Highland...
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  • Thumbnail for Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
    The Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge is a 14,000-acre (5,666 ha) National Wildlife Refuge in eastern and central Minnesota. Located just south...
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    Chalk Bluff was fought on Crowley's Ridge on May 1–2, 1863. The ridge is primarily composed of the windblown glacially derived sediment known as loess. It...
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  • and Louise Seier National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of Nebraska and includes 2,400 acres (9.71 km2). The refuge protects a portion...
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    Necedah National Wildlife Refuge is a 43,696-acre (176.83 km2) National Wildlife Refuge located in northern Juneau County, Wisconsin near the village...
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    headwaters of the Minnesota River in west-central Minnesota, Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge is within the heart of the tallgrass prairie's historic range....
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    National Wildlife Refuge Canaan Valley Resort State Park Cedar Creek State Park Chief Logan State Park Coopers Rock State Forest Gauley River National Recreation...
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    melted back, water pooled behind the ridges (known today as the Watchung Mountains), forming Glacial Lake Passaic. Glacial Lake Passaic was a dynamic water...
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  • The Rydell National Wildlife Refuge is an 2,120-acre (9 km2) National Wildlife Refuge in northwestern Minnesota, located in Woodside Township, Polk County...
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    Refuge–Yavorov Refuge–Vihren Refuge–Tevno Lake–Pirin Refuge–Popov Grasslands. The most challenging hiking trail follows the top of the Koncheto ridge...
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