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The Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge is a 14,000-acre (5,666 ha) National Wildlife Refuge in eastern and central Minnesota. Located just south of the city of Minneapolis , it is one of fourteen Regional Priority Urban Wildlife Refuges in the nation.
Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge: Bloomington: Hennepin: Minneapolis–Saint Paul: 2,400-acre Long Meadow Lake Unit, Bloomington Education and Visitor Center Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge: Carver: Carver: Minneapolis–Saint Paul: 1,480-acre Rapids Lakes Unit, Rapids Lake Education and Visitor Center MSU Regional Science ...
Even the smallest wayside was larger than some of Minnesota's state parks. In this roundabout way, portions of the valley were added to the state park system. The Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge was authorized in 1976 and additional lands originally desired for the state park received federal protection.
Minnesota valley, the geographic depression area of the Minnesota River in the United States; Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, a federally protected area; Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area, a unit of the Minnesota state park system; Minnesota Valley State Trail, a multi-use recreation pathway
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Hamden Slough National Wildlife Refuge: Becker County: MN 1989 5,944 acres (24.05 km 2) [217] Litchfield Wetland Management District: Central Minnesota MN 1978 36,000 acres (150 km 2) [218] Mille Lacs National Wildlife Refuge: Mille Lacs County: MN 1915 0.57 acres (0.0023 km 2) [219] Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge: Carver County ...
The Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge was primarily carved out of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge to protect these species and their associated ecosystems. Isolated relic stands of pines and associated northern vegetation are found in some locations where algific talus slopes exist. These trees survive in the ...
Minnesota's first attempt to create a state park came in 1885, when a 173-acre (70 ha) park was authorized to preserve Minnehaha Falls.The effort was delayed by legal appeals from the various landowners of the desired parkland, and by the time those were settled in favor of the state in 1889, Minnesota no longer had the money to purchase the land.