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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.
Colorado National Monument near Grand Junction and Fruita (May 24, 1911, Taft) Dinosaur National Monument [d] near Dinosaur (80 acres October 4, 1915, Wilson, additional 200,000 acres July 14, 1938, F. Roosevelt) Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument near Florissant (August 20, 1969, Nixon) Hovenweep National Monument [e] near Cortez (March ...
website, education center for 49,000-acre wetlands of the Cheyenne Bottoms and the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, operated by Fort Hays State University and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks: Milford Nature Center: Junction City: Geary: Flint Hills
Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge: Alamosa, Conejos and Costilla Counties 1993 11,169 acres (45.20 km 2) [65] Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge: Jackson County: 1967 23,464 acres (94.96 km 2) [66] Baca National Wildlife Refuge: Saguache and Alamosa Counties 2003 78,697 acres (318.48 km 2) Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge: Moffat County: 1965
In the bitter fight over development near Cheyenne Bottoms, ... They spent hours swapping stories as Doc drove him around the Bottoms. ... No oil pumps work the 20,000 acres of the state-protected ...
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).
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