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Cobb River Waterfowl Production Area

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Cobb River Waterfowl Production Area

The Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge and Wetland Management District also manages a large network of waterfowl production areas (WPAs). These are designated lands set aside for the production of waterfowl. WPAs provide an excellent example of prairie grassland habitat and wetland restoration efforts of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its many partners.

The Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge manages over 4,255 acres of land in its thirteen county Wetland Management District as WPAs. In the near future, more than 1,500 acres of WPAs will be added through a unique partnership with the Minnesota Valley Trust. The Minnesota Valley Trust is acquiring new lands, which will be donated to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and managed by Minnesota Valley Wetland Management District as WPA units. Please check back for new WPA units for waterfowl conservation and public use.


Print version of Minnesota Valley's Waterfowl Production Areas

For more information on WPAs through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service please click on the following links:
http://library.fws.gov/Pubs9/NWRS_waterfowl01.pdf and http://www.fws.gov/refuges/about/wpas.html.

Waterfowl Production Area Mapper is an interactive map allowing users to search National Wildlife Refuge System lands in the Midwest Region.

Waterfowl Production Areas

Cobb River
Dehning
Delehanty
Dodge Center Creek
Erin Prairie
Evan's Slough
Felber
Fickling
Hahn Lake
High Island
Howard Farm
Hurley
Lincoln
Minnesota Pheasants

Mud Lake
Perbix
Perch Lake
Preuss
Redhead
Rice Lake
Roberts
Shelby
Soberg
Straight Creek
Straight River Marsh
Watonwan
Willow Creek
Wolf Creek

WPA sign
Signs such as these
mark the locations
of WPAs



Last updated: February 6, 2012