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Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge: Illinois Missouri: IL 2000 7,000 acres (28 km 2) [134] Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge: Illinois Missouri: IL 1958 8,501 acres (34.40 km 2) [135] Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge: Jefferson County Jennings County Ripley County: IN 2000 50,000 acres (200 km 2) [136] Muscatatuck National ...
The Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge was established in 1994, and has grown to over 16,700 acres (68 km 2). Like pearls on a string, these acres are spread out as individual units along the Missouri River between Kansas City and St. Louis. These pearls of habitat benefit floodplain-dependent fish and wildlife species.
Here is a list of the largest National Wildlife Refuges in the United States.It includes all that are larger than 50,000 acres (200 km 2), but excludes those in U.S. territories (also officially in the system).
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A trout fights the pull of an anglers line below the dam at Bennett Spring State Park on the first day of catch-and-keep trout season in Missouri on Friday, March 1, 2024.
Rainbow trout: Oncorhynchus mykiss: Large rivers to small streams, lakes, below dams Brown trout: Salmo trutta: Lakes, small streams, large rivers Umbridae (family) Central mudminnow: Umbra limi: Bogs, sloughs, swamps, sluggish streams ENDANGERED
North of the Missouri River, the state is primarily rolling hills of the Great Plains, whereas south of the Missouri River, the state is dominated by the oak-hickory Central U.S. hardwood forest. Some of the native species found in Missouri are included below. [1] [2]
The refuge comprises 7,350 acres (30 km 2) along the eastern edge of the Missouri River floodplain south of Mound City, Missouri in Holt County, Missouri. The refuge is bounded by the Loess Hills on the east with a trail going to the top built originally by the Civilian Conservation Corps.