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Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge is a 74,000-acre (299 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge in Utah, established in 1928. [1] The refuge is part of a national system of fee ownership lands purchased from willing sellers, mostly private property owners.
The eBird species map shows relatively few sightings in warmer months. ... California: Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge ... Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge.
Located in the Bear Creek, Salt Slough, and San Joaquin River floodplain, it hosts a myriad of tree-lined channels and oxbows, wetlands and native grasslands. Thousands of acres of wetlands, fed by an intricate set of canals, are managed to produce natural food supplies for migratory waterfowl .
California: 89,012.27 360.22 Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge: Texas 88,388.69 357.70 Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge: Nevada 87,271.26 353.17 National Key Deer Refuge: Florida 84,824.28 343.27 Baca National Wildlife Refuge: Colorado: 78,696.65 318.47 Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge: Utah: 73,996.41 299.45 Tensas River National ...
The remains were found in a remote area of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge near Willard Bay at 10:45 a.m. Saturday, March 30, the Box Elder County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
USFWS: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge; Bear River: A National Wildlife Refuge by V.T. Wilson and Rachel Carson (1950) (online pdf) Bear River Commission; Bear River Flow Information; Bear River Watershed Information System: Utah State University; Bear River Watershed Information System Map Server: Utah State University
The refuge is host to significant assemblages of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects and plants; some of which, such as the California tiger salamander and San Joaquin kit fox, are endangered species. In 1966, the first parcel of the refuge was purchased with Federal Duck Stamp funds to provide a sanctuary for migratory waterfowl ...
The first refuge acquisitions specifically for management of waterfowl came about with the acts establishing the Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge in 1924 (again through impetus provided by the Izaak Walton League) and the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in 1928. Prior to this, the initial attempts to provide for the systematic ...