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Half-Way Lake National Wildlife Refuge

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This is a limited-interest national wildlife refuge. The FWS has an easement on private property allowing it to manage wildlife habitat, but the land remains private property. There is no public access except from adjacent public roads. Limited-interest refuges were created in the 1930s and 1940s in
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response to declining waterfowl populations and the need to get people back to work during the Great Depression. Many landowners sold easements allowing the federal government to regulate water levels and restrict hunting.
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and consists of 160 acres (0.65 km). The refuge is a "limited-interest" refuge, which is privately owned
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This article related to a protected area in North Dakota is a
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oversees the refuge, which in turn is a part of the
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IUCN category
Map showing the location of Half-Way Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Stutsman County, North Dakota
USA
Medina, ND
46°50′42″N 99°17′35″W / 46.84500°N 99.29306°W / 46.84500; -99.29306
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. state
North Dakota
easement refuge
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Chase Lake Wetland Management District
Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge Complex
"Half-Way Lake NWR"
"About the District: Chase Lake Wetland Management District"
Oh Ranger: Halfway Lake NWR
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Protected areas
North Dakota
National Parks
Theodore Roosevelt
National Historic Sites
Fort Union Trading Post
Knife River Indian Villages
National Wildlife Refuges
Appert Lake
Ardoch
Arrowwood

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