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In all, the refuge is located in parts of Jackson, Monroe, and Randolph counties in Illinois, and Jefferson and Perry counties in Missouri. The refuge relies for much of its staffing on the nearby Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge near Carbondale, Illinois. [1] This Refuge was created in response to the Great Flood of 1993.
The Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge is located on the Illinois River and the Mississippi River in parts of Calhoun, Jersey, and Greene counties in Illinois, and St. Charles County, Missouri. [1] It is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge Complex. [2]
Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge is a 43,890 acre (180 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge primarily in southwestern Williamson County, but with small extensions into adjacent eastern Jackson and northeastern Union counties of southern Illinois, in the United States. Its land and water contain a wide diversity of flora and fauna.
Three separate units are located in the floodplain, on both the Illinois and Missouri sides of the river. In 1998, the Great River Refuge was designated as a globally Important Bird Area, due to its value to shorebirds, songbirds, and waterfowl. The refuge's proximity to St. Louis provides excellent educational opportunities to a large population.
Port Louisa was established for the protection of migratory birds. It is located along the Mississippi Flyway, one of the major routes for migrating waterfowl. Key goals of the refuge are to conserve and enhance the quality and diversity of fish and wildlife and their habitats; and to restore floodplain functions in the river corridor.
The refuge is one of only two that spans portions of four states (the other is Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge).As of 30 September 2007 the area per state was: Wisconsin: 89,637.54 acres (362.75 km 2), Iowa: 51,147.78 acres (206.99 km 2), Minnesota: 33,868.64 acres (137.06 km 2), Illinois: 33,489.57 acres (135.53 km 2).
Illinois Wisconsin: IA 1989 911 acres (3.69 km 2) [140] Iowa Wetland Management District: Covers 15 counties IA 25,000 acres (100 km 2) 75 waterfowl production areas [141] Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge: Jasper County: IA 1990 8,654 acres (35.02 km 2) [142] Port Louisa National Wildlife Refuge: Louisa County Mercer County, Illinois: IA 1958
Devils Island Wildlife Management Area is managed as public access for hunting. It is managed, coterminously with the Union County State Fish and Wildlife Area, by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources from a full-time office in nearby Jonesboro. [1] The park is made up of bottomland, hardwood forest lands, and agricultural fields.