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Early plans to create a Refuge along the Minnesota River were forestalled by World War II. It wasn’t until the early 1970s that the threat of development inspired concerted efforts to preserve the valley. An act creating the National Wildlife Refuge was passed in 1976. Long Meadow Lake is spanned by a wood and steel bridge built in 1920.
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Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge: Bloomington: Hennepin: Minneapolis–Saint Paul: 2,400-acre Long Meadow Lake Unit, Bloomington Education and Visitor Center Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge: Carver: Carver: Minneapolis–Saint Paul: 1,480-acre Rapids Lakes Unit, Rapids Lake Education and Visitor Center MSU Regional Science ...
Aug. 28—For the fourth time, hundreds of endangered frogs were released into the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge with the intent to revitalize their population. The nearly 400 northern leopard ...
Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area is a 5,490-acre (2,222 ha) unit of the Minnesota state park system in Scott County, Minnesota, the United States. The park is not continuous but is composed of waysides, four of which are strung along the Minnesota River between Shakopee and Belle Plaine .
The story then takes a detour and discusses the findings of Martin Ouellet, a French-Canadian biologist who was studying the effect of agricultural chemicals on frogs in the St. Lawrence River valley. Ouellet found that frogs in agricultural ponds developed deformities at a significantly higher rate than frogs in natural environments.
These snapping turtle hatchlings were recently seen emerging from their nest in the Minnesota Valley Wildlife Refuge outside of Minneapolis. “These baby common snappers were recently spotted ...
Minnesota valley, the geographic depression area of the Minnesota River in the United States; Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, a federally protected area; Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area, a unit of the Minnesota state park system; Minnesota Valley State Trail, a multi-use recreation pathway