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Audubon National Wildlife Refuge

North Dakota · ND

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Audubon National Wildlife Refuge lies in a rolling natural landscape of the Missouri Coteau and the Missouri River Slope. Much of the Refuge is mixed-grass prairie and wetlands that border Lake Audubon. The Refuge attracts large numbers of migrating waterfowl and other wildlife.

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Audubon National Wildlife Refuge is a 14,739-acre (5,965 ha) National Wildlife Refuge in the U.S. state of North Dakota. The refuge is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and is the centerpiece of the Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Complex, which includes numerous other refuges in the region. Originally designated as the Snake Creek National Wildlife Refuge in 1955, the refuge was renamed in 1967 in honor of the artist and naturalist John James Audubon. Most of the refuge area is a lake known as Audubon Lake which is managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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