Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
On August 23, 1935 Executive Order 7156 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt called for a reversal of the project to create a "refuge feeding and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife." It was the first national wildlife refuge in Missouri. Its original planned name was the "Squaw Creek Migratory Water Fowl Refuge."
As of 2022, there are 588 National Wildlife Refuges in the United States, [1] with the addition of the Green River National Wildlife Refuge. [2] Refuges that have boundaries in multiple states are listed only in the state where the main visitor entrance is located.
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.
Snow geese flying in front of the Loess Hills at Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge in the Missouri River bottoms near Mound City, Missouri. The Loess Hills are a formation of wind-deposited loess soil in the westernmost parts of Iowa and Missouri, and the easternmost parts of Nebraska and Kansas, along the Missouri River.
Great River Refuge also administers two fee title tracts that were formerly Farmer's Home Administration easements. These lands include the 38-acre (150,000 m 2) Winters tract in Lewis County and the 80-acre (320,000 m 2) Owens tract in Clark County in Missouri. Swans and ducks at the Great River National Wildlife Refuge, March 2021
The Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge protects 6,000 acres of wildlife habitat and was established in 1990, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It originated to protect and restore ...
Pages in category "National Wildlife Refuges in Missouri" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... Mingo National Wildlife Refuge; O.
Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a 10,795-acre (43.69 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge established in 1937 and located in Chariton County, Missouri, 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the town of Sumner. It is located near the confluence of the Grand and Missouri Rivers .