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The Blanca Wetlands Area of Critical Environmental Concern, or Blanca Wildlife Habitat Area, is an area of the San Luis Valley in Colorado, United States, that serves as a refuge for birds, fish and other wildlife. It is about 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Alamosa on County Road 25.
The wetlands had been completely destroyed by pumping and diversion of water for irrigation. Starting in 1965, the Bureau of Land Management began to restore them,
and they have become an increasingly important ecological habitat for shorebirds, waterbirds and other wildlife and native plants.
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Hunting in this park
This park overlaps hunting units
During hunting seasons, wear blaze orange and check regulations — see the Colorado hunting page
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