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Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge is located in south-central Colorado in the San Luis Valley. The valley is a high mountain basin, sitting at 7,800 feet. It extends over 100 miles north to south and over 50 miles east to west.
The valley is surrounded by the Sangre de Christo, San Juan, and Saguache mountain ranges. Sangre de Christo, meaning Blood of Christ, got its name from Spanish explorers who observed the red glow of the mountains at sunset.
Located between the Chupadera Mountains and the San Pascual Mountains, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge is a 57,331-acre refuge in southern New Mexico.
It was established in 1939 as a stopover for migrating waterfowl. Tens of thousands of cranes, geese, and ducks winter on the refuge, making it a crucial habitat and great place to watch birds.
The 6,100 acre Bill Williams River NWR is located in central-western Arizona, along the lower Colorado River. The refuge was initially part of the Havasu Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
In 1993, the tract was separated from the Havasu Lake NWR and became the Bill Williams River NWR. It is now managed separately due to its unique characteristics.
What Fuels You: An Electric Road Trip has made it to Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge, a part of Portland-Vancouver National Wildlife Refuges! Did you know Tualatin River NWR has an amazing friends group? Friends of the Refuge is a huge support to the urban national wildlife refuge which is less than 30 minutes outside of downtown Portland, Oregon!
Imagine seeing 5,000 redhead ducks on one 300-acre impoundment or a dozen black bears on a single ride through forest roads. These sights are available to North Carolinians in what Mike Bryant calls “the hidden treasures” — the 11 National Wildlife Refuges in the state.
During National Wildlife Refuge Week we celebrate the National Wildlife Refuge System and the diversity of imperiled species that call it home, reveal critical threats to refuges and their wildlife and look to the future of America's public lands network dedicated to our wildlife in our new report with Defenders of Wildlife, Finding Refuge.
What we found is astounding: 513 ESA-listed species are found or are dependent on at least 444 refuges.
Here we celebrate the refuge system and the diversity of imperiled species that call it home, reveal critical threats to refuges and their wildlife, and look to the future of America's public lands network dedicated to our wildlife.
