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The Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Complex is the largest refuge complex in the state of Mississippi. [1] Over 100,000 acres (400 km 2 ) of refuge lands on seven refuges, including 13,000 acres (53 km 2 ) of refuge-managed Farmers Home Administration lands, provide vital habitat for fish and wildlife in the Delta region.
The Summer Lake Wildlife Area was established April 12, 1944, to protect and improve the area's waterfowl habitat and provide a site for public hunting. It is located in the northwest corner of the Great Basin drainage in central Lake County, Oregon. The Summer Lake refuge was the first wetland-focused wildlife area established in Oregon.
Jewell Meadows Wildlife Area is an American wildlife refuge located in northwest Oregon, near the community of Jewell. The area is designed to benefit native wildlife and to reduce the impact of wild animal populations on area properties. The area is 1,114 acres (451 ha). The refuge was 183 acres (74 ha) when the area was established in 1969.
William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge is a natural area in the Willamette Valley in Oregon, United States. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It was created to provide wintering habitat for dusky Canada geese . Unlike other Canada geese, dusky Canada geese have limited summer and winter ranges.
As of 2022, there are 588 National Wildlife Refuges in the United States, [1] with the addition of the Green River National Wildlife Refuge. [2] Refuges that have boundaries in multiple states are listed only in the state where the main visitor entrance is located. The newest refuge replaces the Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge in ...
Prior to this, the initial attempts to provide for the systematic acquisition of new lands for refuges had begun in 1921. A bill was introduced in Congress that would establish a "Refuge System," a Migratory Bird Refuge Commission, and a one-dollar federal hunting stamp. The bill was rejected four times during the next eight years.
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The refuge is located near Grand Bay, Alabama in Mobile County, Alabama and Jackson County, Mississippi, and when complete will encompass over 32,000 acres (130 km 2). The refuge is part of the National Wildlife Refuge system.