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DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, created in 1958, is located along the banks of the Missouri River in the U.S. states of Iowa and Nebraska. The 8,362-acre (3,384 ha) refuge (46% in Iowa, 54% in Nebraska) preserves an area that would have been otherwise lost to cultivation.
After the fort was closed, the effort to preserve the region as a wildlife refuge culminated in the creation of the refuge on January 11, 1912. The refuge also manages Valentine and John and Louise Seier National Wildlife Refuges as parts of the Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The reservation was created by Executive order in 1912:
The Olson Nature Preserve lies at the easternmost tip of the Nebraska Sandhills, and includes a half-mile stretch of Beaver Creek. A variety of ecosystems occur within the preserve, including a Sandhills rangeland area, native hardwood forest (oak and cottonwood), an oxbow wetland area, Beaver Creek and adjacent features, lowland pasture, and a sandy blowout canyon.
Valentine National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of Nebraska and includes 19,131 acres (77.42 km 2). The refuge protects a portion of the largest remaining area of tall and mid grass prairie in the United States.
Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of Nebraska and includes 45,818 acres (185 km 2). The refuge contains the largest protected continuous sand dunes in the U.S. A dozen small lakes and numerous ponds are fed by underground aquifers in areas where the sand dunes are below the water table.
The preserve’s pheasant shoots begin with a breakfast in the clubhouse followed by the shoot. The pheasants are purchased from a Pennsylvania game farm at 10 weeks old before being raised at ...
The Sandhills are home to 314 vertebrate species including mule deer, whitetail deer, jackrabbits, pronghorn antelope, elk, coyotes, red fox, Western meadowlarks (the Nebraska state bird), prairie dogs, bull snakes, prairie rattlesnakes, ringnecked pheasant, sharp-tailed grouse, badgers, ground squirrels, skunks, native bat species and many ...
Oct. 16—By Ayanna Eckblad Many people on Saturday gathered across rural areas of the state for a classic Minnesota pastime — pheasant hunting. The season began Saturday and will run through ...