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Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area: Iroquois County: 2016 66 acres (0.27 km 2) [132] Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge: Cass County Morgan County: 1973 5,255 acres (21.27 km 2) [133] Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge: Illinois Missouri: 2000 7,000 acres (28 km 2) [134] Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge ...
Pages in category "National Wildlife Refuges in Missouri" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
American eel: Anguilla rostrate: Large rivers w/ moderate flow Atherinidae (family) Brook silverside: Labidesthes sicculus: Clear, warm waters without current, backwaters, overflow pools of large streams Catostomidae (family) River carpsucker: Carpiodes carpio: Lakes, reservoirs, large sluggish rivers Quillback: Carpiodes cyprinus
The 3,750-acre (15.2 km 2) Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge is located in the floodplain of the Mississippi River, adjacent to Pool No. 25 in Pike County, Missouri. The refuge's diversity of habitats supports waterfowl, wading birds, shorebirds, and songbirds. Although it is protected by a levee, the refuge provides flood storage in ...
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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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages the refuge as part of the National Wildlife Refuge system. Currently, the refuge consists of nine sites totaling 811.99 acres (328.60 ha) [1] in four counties of Iowa only. [2] In descending order of land area they are Clayton, Dubuque, Jackson, and Allamakee counties.