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The refuge surrounds Fort Peck Reservoir and is 915,814 acres (3,706.17 km 2) in size. [2] It is the second-largest National Wildlife Refuge in the lower 48 states of the United States, [3] and the largest in Montana. [4] Created in 1936, [5] it was originally called the Fort Peck Game Range. [6]
Fort Peck Lake, or Lake Fort Peck, is a major reservoir in Montana, formed by the Fort Peck Dam on the Missouri River. The lake lies in the eastern prairie region of Montana approximately 140 miles (230 km) east of Great Falls and 120 miles (190 km) north of Billings , reaching into portions of six counties.
Visitor center for the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, collection centerpiece is "Peck's Rex", claimed to be one of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons yet found; in the lobby is a life-size replica model of Peck's Rex, and the exhibit hall displays a full-size skeleton cast; also a Cretaceous Sea display and several ...
Fort Peck is a town in Valley County, ... the Garage and Fire Station, [7] ... Climate data for Fort Peck, Montana (Fort Peck Power Plant) (1991–2020 normals ...
The 2017 fire season in Montana was exacerbated by drought conditions and as of September 7, 2017, there were 21 large, active fires that had consumed over 438,000 acres (177,000 ha). [1] By September 20, after rain and snow had significantly slowed most fire growth, the overall burned acreage in Montana was estimated at 1,295,959 acres ...
Refuge Manager Amber Zimmerman said there have not been any impacts to public use facilities, the visitor center or the parallel forest. 'Fire is a natural process': Wichita Mountains fire ongoing ...
County Road 34 in Fort Calhoun, Nebraska, underwater on June 19. The closer treeline in the distance is the normal west bank of the Missouri River and is part of Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge, while the further treeline is the normal east bank of Iowa. Cooper Nuclear Power Station on the edge of the flood on June 15, 2011
UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge is a 56,048 acres (22,682 ha) protected area that is located in central Montana, United States.The refuge, located at the extreme southernmost tip of Phillips County, is managed and bordered on three sides by the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge and the Fort Peck Reservoir on the Missouri River.