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Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge |
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Becker County |
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| Size | 30,665 acres |
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| Parking | Visitor Center |
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| Hiking Trails | 1.5 miles 5 mile Auto Tour Route |
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| Hunting | Deer by firearms and archery, migratory birds, small game, and furbearers. See the Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge Hunting and Trapping Regulations booklet (USFWS) for details. |
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| Ecological Classification | Province |
Eastern Broadleaf Forest Province |
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Minnesota & NE Iowa Morainal |
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Hardwood Hills |
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Naytahwaush Moraine Round Lake Sand Plain Shell Lake Moraine White Earth Moraine |
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| Native Plant Communities1 | Alder - (Maple - Loosestrife) Swamp Alder - (Red Currant - Meadow-Rue) Swamp Aspen - Birch - Basswood Forest Aspen - Birch - Fir Forest Aspen - (Sugar Maple - Basswood) Forest Beaver Wetland Complex Black Ash - Mountain Maple Swamp (Northern) Black Ash - Yellow Birch - Red Maple - Basswood Swamp (Eastcentral) Bog Birch - Alder Shore Fen Central Mesic Hardwood Forest (Western) Extremely Rich Tamarack Swamp Graminoid Poor Fen (Basin) Graminoid Rich Fen (Basin) Graminoid - Sphagnum Rich Fen (Basin) Low Shrub Poor Fen Meadow - Marsh - Fen-Swamp Complex Northern Mesic Hardwood Forest Northern Rich Fen (Basin) Northern Very Wet Ash Swamp Northern Wet Ash Swamp Northern Wet-Mesic Boreal Hardwood-Conifer Forest Oak - Aspen Forest Oak - Aspen - Red Maple Forest Poor Tamarack - Black Spruce Swamp Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Bluebead Lily) Forest Red Oak - Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Large-Flowered Trillium) Forest Red Pine - White Pine Forest Sedge Meadow Sugar Maple - Basswood - (Aspen) Forest Willow - Dogwood Shrub Swamp Young Forest Complex |
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| Ownership | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service |
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| North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum dorsatum) |  |
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wild calla (Calla palustris) |
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