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National Wildlife Refuge

National Wildlife Refuge is a designation for certain protected areas of the United States managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service United States Fish and Wildlife Service

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is a unit of the [[United States Department of the Interior]... 

. The National Wildlife Refuge system is a network of lands and waters managed to protect wildlife and wildlife habitat. The system consists of over 500 refuges across the nation. Nearly all of them have the words "National Wildlife Refuge", "Wetland Management District", or "Wildlife Management Area" in their names; notable exceptions include: * Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge is a 74,000 acre National Wildlife Refuge [i] in Utah [i], established ... 

 * Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge * National Bison Range National Bison Range

Established in 1908 as one of the earliest National Wildlife Refuge [i]s in the United States [i], the Nationa... 

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National Wildlife Refuge is a designation for certain protected areas of the United States managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service United States Fish and Wildlife Service

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is a unit of the [[United States Department of the Interior]... 

. The National Wildlife Refuge system is a network of lands and waters managed to protect wildlife and wildlife habitat.

The system consists of over 500 refuges across the nation. Nearly all of them have the words "National Wildlife Refuge", "Wetland Management District", or "Wildlife Management Area" in their names; notable exceptions include:

  • Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

    Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge is a 74,000 acre National Wildlife Refuge [i] in Utah [i], established ... 

  • Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge
  • National Bison Range National Bison Range

    Established in 1908 as one of the earliest National Wildlife Refuge [i]s in the United States [i], the Nationa... 

  • National Elk Refuge National Elk Refuge

    The National Elk Refuge in located in the U.S. state [i] of Wyoming [i] and was created in 1912 to prote ... 

  • National Key Deer Refuge
  • Patuxent Research Refuge
  • Sullys Hill National Game Preserve

History

See History of the National Wildlife Refuge System History of the National Wildlife Refuge System

The National Wildlife Refuge System [i] in the United States has a long and distinguished history.
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Statistics


Physical Features

  • Acres of land under management : = 96,013,646
  • Acres of land less than fee title = 3,775,246 s of wetlands = 45,677,973 er of management units = 632 er of Wilderness areas = 75 s of Wilderness = 20,698,845 s of rivers within the National Wild & Scenic Rivers System = 1,051 s of refuge boundary with Mexico = 120 anagement


  • Acres of wetlands restored in 2004 = 89,262 s burned in 2004 to reduce hazardous fuels = 45,012 sitation

  • Total visitors in 2004 = 39,847,108 l visits in 2004 = 72,563,393 lunteers


    • Total volunteers in 2004 = 32,933 l volunteer hours in 2004 = 1,339,427 e of volunteer hours in 2004 = $23,024,750 al Property

  • Miles of roads maintained = 11,700 er of buildings maintained = 5,850 er of employee housing units = 660 er of bridges = 650 s of fencing = 13,500 er of water control structures maintained = 9,100 rsonnel


    • Total Staff = 3,809 FTE’s er of refuge enforcement officers = 491 er of firefighter FTE’s = 538 e also


    • List of National Wildlife Refuges List of National Wildlife Refuges

      As of 30 September 2005, there were 545 National Wildlife Refuge [i]s in each of the United States [i]. ... 

    • Timeline of environmental events



    External links


    • - A nonprofit entity supporting the National Wildlife Refuge system


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