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The Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States system of national wildlife refuges.It is located in Alfalfa County in northern Oklahoma, north of Jet (pop. 230), along Great Salt Plains Lake, which is formed by a dam on the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River.
Rita Blanca National Grassland; Robbers Cave State Park; Robert S. Kerr Reservoir; Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge; Sans Bois Mountains; Sardis Lake (Oklahoma) Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium; Skiatook Lake; State Highway 78 Bridge at the Red River; Stillwater Regional Airport; Temple Israel (Tulsa, Oklahoma) Tenkiller Ferry Lake ...
see Rita Blanca National Grassland: Robbers Cave WMA [79] Latimer: 6,180 acres (2,500 ha) North of Wilburton: Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge Alfalfa: 32,080 acres (12,980 ha) see Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge: Sandy Sanders WMA [80] Greer and Beckham: 29,766 acres (12,046 ha) 26 miles northwest of Mangum and 26 miles southwest of Sayre
Great Salt Plains Lake is a reservoir located within the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma in the United States named because of the salt flats in the area and for the Salt Fork Arkansas River, which is dammed to form the lake.
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These protected areas consist of patches of intact native grassland amid cultivated rangeland, and most of the remaining natural habitats of the Great Plains are unprotected. The two largest protected areas are the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge for bison and black-capped vireo, and the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge.
In Alfalfa County, a dam on the river impounds Great Salt Plains Lake, which is lined with salt flats and is the site of Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge and a state park. The Salt Fork's largest tributaries are the Medicine Lodge River, which joins it in Alfalfa County, and the Chikaskia River, which joins it in Kay County.
As of 2022, there are 588 National Wildlife Refuges in the United States, [1] with the addition of the Green River National Wildlife Refuge. [2] Refuges that have boundaries in multiple states are listed only in the state where the main visitor entrance is located.