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Clark State Forest - 25,288.8 acres (19 km 2); Deam Lake State Recreation Area; Ferdinand State Forest - 7,789.9 acres (10 km 2); Frances Slocum State Forest; Greene–Sullivan State Forest – 9,048.8 acres (1.3 km 2); Athens County
The refuge is the largest of Indiana's three National Wildlife Refuges (Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge near Seymour, IN and Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge and Management Area near Oakland City, IN), and is located in parts of Ripley, Jefferson, and Jennings counties. [1]
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This category includes articles on protected areas within the U.S. state of Indiana. This includes federal, state, local and privately controlled/owned areas. This includes federal, state, local and privately controlled/owned areas.
In the 1950s waterfowl management was begun. In 1982 another 1,016 acres (4.11 km 2 ) were added and in 1992 an additional 767 acres (3.10 km 2 ). [ 2 ] The Fish and Wildlife area consist of the wetlands between the Yellow River and the Kankakee at their junction and uplands on both the north bank of the Kankakee and the south bank of the Yellow.
Indiana wetlands are no longer protected. Indiana used to have one of the more protective wetlands laws in the country. That law had been in place for almost 20 years, but that changed in 2021.
The Division of Fish & Wildlife is dedicated to providing a quality hunting & fishing area while maintaining 8,179 acres of wetland, upland and woodland game habitat. The property's suitable habitat also provides an ideal stopover for migratory birds, such as the more than 30,000 sandhill cranes that stop during fall migration.
The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils. Forty-two species have been recorded in Indiana.