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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.
Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area: Iroquois County: 2016 66 acres (0.27 km 2) [132] Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge: Cass County Morgan County: 1973 5,255 acres (21.27 km 2) [133] Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge: Illinois Missouri: 2000 7,000 acres (28 km 2) [134] Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge ...
The 3,750-acre (15.2 km 2) Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge is located in the floodplain of the Mississippi River, adjacent to Pool No. 25 in Pike County, Missouri. The refuge's diversity of habitats supports waterfowl, wading birds, shorebirds, and songbirds. Although it is protected by a levee, the refuge provides flood storage in ...
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.
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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
A trout fights the pull of an anglers line below the dam at Bennett Spring State Park on the first day of catch-and-keep trout season in Missouri on Friday, March 1, 2024.
Here is a list of the largest National Wildlife Refuges in the United States.It includes all that are larger than 50,000 acres (200 km 2), but excludes those in U.S. territories (also officially in the system).