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Great River National Wildlife Refuge

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Fox Island Division is the most recent addition to Great River Refuge. Once again, fee title land was purchased with funds from the sale of migratory waterfowl stamps in 1989, 1996 and 1997. Purchases made in the 1990s were in response to the record flood in 1993, which created an opportunity to
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Funds from the sale of migratory waterfowl stamps were used to acquire fee title land in 1965 and 1976 for the 1,737-acre (7.03 km) Delair Division. The division lies completely within the 52-mile (84 km)-long
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under a cooperative agreement signed in 1963. In 1986, another cooperative agreement was signed with the Corps of Engineers adding the 1,450-acre (5.9 km) Bear Creek Unit to the division.
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Long Island Division, near Quincy, Illinois, was part of the original Mark Twain Refuge when it was established in 1958 under the
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is also under the administration of the Great River Refuge. Great River Refuge, in turn, was formerly part of the
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protects approximately 11,600 acres (47 km) along 120 miles (190 km) of the
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purchase many hard-hit floodplain areas at lower prices from willing sellers.
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easements. These lands include the 38-acre (150,000 m) Winters tract in
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Great River Refuge also administers two fee title tracts that were formerly
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Swans and ducks at the Great River National Wildlife Refuge, March 2021
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In 1998, the Great River Refuge was designated as a globally
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and is separated from the river by the main-line Sny levee.
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Francois 2151:Robertsville 2026:Finger Lakes 2021:Eleven Point 2006:Don Robinson 1996:Cuivre River 1981:Bryant Creek 1971:Big Oak Tree 1956:Sam A. 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Index

IUCN category
Map showing the location of Great River National Wildlife Refuge
United States
Map showing the location of Great River National Wildlife Refuge
Map showing the location of Great River National Wildlife Refuge
Adams County
Pike County, Illinois
Clark County
Lewis County, Missouri
United States
Louisiana, Missouri
39°26′23″N 90°58′38″W / 39.4397°N 90.9773°W / 39.4397; -90.9773
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Great River National Wildlife Refuge
Mississippi River
St. Louis, Missouri
floodplain
Illinois
Missouri
Important Bird Area
shorebirds
songbirds
waterfowl
Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge
Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge Complex
Port Louisa
Two Rivers
Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuges
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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