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The refuge derived its original name from Squaw Creek, a stream originating about 30 miles (48 km) north at the Bilby Ranch Lake Conservation Area in Nodaway County, Missouri that is dammed to form the reservoirs. The creek is the larger of the two main creeks that feed the refuge and parallels the road on the west.
This area provides a variety of habitats for many fish and wildlife species. The area includes 100 acres (0.40 km 2) of cropland that is seasonally flooded, providing both upland game and waterfowl habitats. A 35-acre (140,000 m 2) fishing lake and approximately 1-mile (1.6 km) of the Plat : 789 acres 319 ha: Platte, Buchanan
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.
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New names will replace the word squaw, effective immediately, at nearly 650 geographic features across the country including Washeshu Creek, formerly known as Squaw Creek, and Olympic Valley, long ...
Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge, formerly known as "Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge", in northwestern Missouri; Squaw Creek (Pit River), a tributary of the Pit River in northern California, United States [clarification needed] Chief Eagle Eye Creek (formerly Squaw Creek), a tributary of the Payette River in western Idaho, United States
In 2017, The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service renamed the Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge in Missouri to Loess Bluffs National Wildlife Refuge in 2017. Squaw Ridge in Sierra Nevada was formally renamed Hungalelti Ridge in September 2018, after a proposal by the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California. [42]