Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge
46°00′15″N 97°23′06″W / 46.00412°N 97.38509°W / 46.00412; -97.38509[1]Area 8,363 acres (33.84 km2) Established 1945 Governing body U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Website Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge National Parks National Historic Sites National Wildlife Refuges National Grasslands U.S. Wilderness Areas Other Federal State
Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge is located in southeastern North Dakota along the western edge of the northern tallgrass prairie, about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Cayuga, in Sargent County. The Wild Rice River flows through the Refuge and then into Lake Tewaukon. Established in 1945, the 8,363-acre (33.84 km2) Refuge is located in the Prairie Pothole Region, one of the most biologically productive areas on earth. It lies within the Tewaukon Wetland Management District.
References
a. Tewaukon NWR website, https://www.fws.gov/refuge/tewaukon
b. Tewaukon Wetlands Management District website, https://www.fws.gov/refuge/tewaukon-wetland-management-district/visit-us
- ^ "Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
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