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Of that area, 19,857 acres (80.36 km 2) constitutes the Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area. [12] The Bottoms is impounded and divided into a set of pools by a network of dikes . Pool 1, itself subdivided into three sub-pools, comprises the center of the wetland with Pool 2 located to its west, Pools 3A and 3B to its north, Pools 4A and 4B to its ...
The Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge is an 11,169-acre (4,520 ha) United States National Wildlife Refuge located in southern Colorado.The site is located in the San Luis Valley along the east side of the Rio Grande approximately 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Alamosa primarily in southeastern Alamosa County, although very small parts extend into northeastern Conejos and western Costilla counties.
An enlargeable map of Colorado showing the 11 National Forests in red and the 2 National Grasslands in light green Mount Elbert in the San Isabel National Forest. The United States Forest Service manages the 11 National Forests within Colorado. Arapaho National Forest; Grand Mesa National Forest; Gunnison National Forest; Pike National Forest
This list of Ramsar sites in the United States are those wetlands that are considered to be of international importance, protected under the Ramsar Convention treaty. The United States as of 2020, has 41 sites designated as "Wetlands of International Importance" with a surface area of 1,884,551 hectares (7,276.29 sq mi; 18,845.51 km 2).
Kansas — the Cheyenne Bottoms, the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge near the town of Stafford, the Red Hills, and the Smoky Hills areas 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.
In the bitter fight over development near Cheyenne Bottoms, neighbors are still finding common ground ... Stratton showed them a county map with what Tricia later called “the elusive red mystery ...
The national heritage area includes Alamosa, Costilla, and Conejos counties, and portions of Saguache and Rio Grande counties. [2] It also includes within its boundaries Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Baca National Wildlife Refuge, the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness, the South San Juan Wilderness, Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Area, San Luis Wilderness Study Area, Monte Vista National ...
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