Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge |
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Marshall County |
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| Size | 61,500 acres |
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| Parking | N48 18.037 W95 58.862 |
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| Ecological Classification | Province |
Tallgrass Aspen Parklands |
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Lake Agassiz, Aspen Parklands |
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Subsection(s) |
Aspen Parklands |
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Land Type Association(s) |
Mud Lake Plain Thief River Falls Lake Plain |
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| Native Plant Communities1 | Aspen Woodland/Forest Complex Conifer Swamp Complex Green Ash - Bur Oak - Elm Forest Low Shrub Poor Fen Northern Poor Conifer Swamp Northwestern Rich Conifer Swamp Poor Tamarack - Black Spruce Swamp: Tamarack Subtype Prairie Rich Fen Rich Fen (Prairie Seepage) Tamarack - Black Spruce Swamp (Aspen Parkland) Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp |
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| Ownership | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service |
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| Links | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service |
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| Comments | Wetlands: 37,400 acres |
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| Birds | Twenty of the 28 bird species with protected status in Minnesota have been seen here: Endangered – King Rail (Rallus elegans), Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus), Sprague’s Pipit (Anthus spragueii) Threatened – Common Tern (Sterna hirundo), Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus), Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus), Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), Trumpeter Swan (Cygnus buccinator), Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) Special concern – American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos), Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri), Franklin’s Gull (Larus pipixcan), Greater Prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido), Marbled Godwit (Limosa fedoa), Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammodramus nelsoni), Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus), Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus), Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) |
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American Coot (Fulica americana) Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) Franklin’s Gull (Larus pipixcan) |
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| Mammals | Two mammal species with protected status in Minnesota are found here: Special concern – gray wolf (Canis lupus), least weasel (Mustela nivalis), Other mammals seen on this site include moose (Alces alces), American black bear (Ursus americanus), coyote (Canis latrans), bobcat (Lynx rufus), and snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus). |
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