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Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in northwestern Missouri, United States (formerly Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge). It was established in 1935 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife.
Screengrab from Facebook post by Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge. Photos capture the birds taking off together in dense flocks and covering the refuge’s wetlands like way too many kids in ...
The Loess Hills region in Missouri. Today, the hills stretch from the Blood Run Site in South Dakota in the north to Mound City, Missouri in the south. Loess topography can be found at various points in extreme eastern portions of Nebraska and Kansas along the Missouri River valley, particularly near the Nebraska cities of Brownville, Rulo, Plattsmouth, Fort Calhoun, and Ponca, and the Iowa ...
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge: Holt County: MO 1935 7,415 acres (30.01 km 2) [247] Mingo National Wildlife Refuge: Stoddard County Wayne County: MO 1944 21,676 acres (87.72 km 2) [248] Ozark Cavefish National Wildlife Refuge: Lawrence County: MO 1991 40 acres (0.16 km 2) [249] Pilot Knob National Wildlife Refuge: Iron County: MO 1987 90 ...
Missouri: Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge. About 100 miles north of Kansas City, Loess Bluffs is a key hangout for wintering eagles, about 300 at peak migration in early December. There are ...
Jan. 3—While the final holiday shopping rush was underway, as the airports were jammed with double-masked travelers, and while the meteorologists were scanning the Canadian north for any sign of ...
In addition to the typical bottomland habitats of the Mississippi Delta, Morgan Brake National Wildlife Refuge includes a unique mile of north-facing loess bluffs on the east side of the refuge. This rare habitat with its unique floral assembly has been described by natural resources experts as the standard by which all loess bluffs can be judged.
The first Christmas Bird Count in Great Smoky Mountains National Park was held in 1935. This season, several counts will include areas of Western North Carolina and East Tennessee, and two will ...