Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge
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IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
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Location | Buffalo, Trempealeau counties, Wisconsin, United States |
Nearest city | Winona, Minnesota |
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Area | 6,226 acres (25.20 km2) |
Established | 1936 |
Governing body | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Trempealeau/ |
Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge is a 6,226-acre (25.20 km2)[1] National Wildlife Refuge located along the Upper Mississippi River in extreme southern Buffalo County and extreme southwestern Trempealeau County in Wisconsin, USA.
It is in part a wetland, and is a significant element of the Mississippi Flyway. Consisting of backwaters away from the Mississippi and Trempealeau River. It is part of the Driftless Area, a portion of North American which remained ice free during the last ice age, creating in part the deep gorge of the Mississippi, quite visible from this refuge.
It is also a sand prairie, where "big bluestem, indiangrass, and switchgrass can reach heights of 8–9 feet (2.4–2.7 m)."[2]
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References
- ↑ http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=32578 "Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge", Fish and Wildlife Service, Retrieved July 15, 2007
- ↑ http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Trempealeau/ "A Prairie Wonderland", Fish and Wildlife Service, Retrieved July 15, 2007
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
External links
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- IUCN Category IV
- Protected areas of Buffalo County, Wisconsin
- Protected areas of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
- Driftless Area
- National Wildlife Refuges in Wisconsin
- Protected areas on the Mississippi River
- Wetlands of Wisconsin
- Landforms of Buffalo County, Wisconsin
- Landforms of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin
- Wisconsin geography stubs
- Midwestern United States protected area stubs