Contacting the
Refuge:
Refuge Manager: Margaret Anderson
e-mail: Agassiz@fws.gov or MidwestNews@fws.gov
22996 290th Street
NE
Middle River, MN 56737
Phone: 218-449-4115
Fax: 218-449-3241
TTY: 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay)
Located
12 miles north of Thief River Falls
and 11 miles east on County Road 7
Update: Oct. 30, 2009
2009 Hunting Season Dates on Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge
Hunting Season |
Dates |
Deer Firearms
Pre-hunt Scouting |
November 7 – 15, 2009
November 6 (8 am to 3 pm) |
Deer Archery |
November 7– December 31, 2009 |
Deer Muzzleloader |
November 28 – December 13, 2009 |
Sharp-tailed Grouse |
November 7 – 30, 2009 |
Ruffed Grouse |
November 7 – January 3, 2010 |
After the close of deer firearms season on November 15,
vehicle access will be more restrictive except on the
North Boundary Road (see below: Deer Archery / Muzzleloader and Grouse Hunting Map).
Grouse hunters can use dogs; steel shot only. Download this information as a pdf (11.2 kb).
Refuge Deer Hunting Information (49.4 kb pdf format)
Deer Firearms General Hunting Map (414 kb pdf format)
Deer Archery / Muzzleloader and Grouse Hunting Map (414 kb pdf format)
Update: Oct. 2, 2009
View Refuge Mammals Information (288 kb pdf format)
Update: Oct. 1, 2009
View Youth Deer Hunt Release (41.1kb pdf format)
View Youth Deer Hunt Map (381kb pdf format)
Update: Sept. 10, 2009
View Refuge Youth Waterfowl Map (624k pdf format)
View Youth Waterfowl Hunt News Release (24.1k pdf format)
Downloads
Agassiz NWR CCP
Part I (1.2 MB pdf format)
Part II (4.1 MB pdf format)
Part III (3.1 MB pdf format)
Part IV (830k pdf format)
2005
Moose Mystery Research Summary Report (106k pdf format)
Visit the Minnesota
Moose Mystery web site to learn of the efforts of Agassiz NWR
and its partners to solve the mystery.
View
Agassiz NWR brochure (632k pdf format)
View
Refuge Deer Hunting Brochure (2MB pdf format)
View refuge
wildlife information
View
Refuge Profile Page
Refuge Facts
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Established: 1937
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Acres: 61,500 (4,000
in wilderness)
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Refuge name changed
from Mud Lake Migratory Waterfowl Refuge in 1961
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Maintains a resident
moose herd
Financial Impact
of Refuge
Natural History
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First drainage district
organized to convert the marshes into arable land in 1909
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Approximately $1 million
had been spent on the drainage system by 1933
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Tax assessments forced
the state legislature to absorb the drainage taxes and authorize the land to be purchased as a wildlife refuge
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The refuge lies in the
bed of glacia Lake Agassiz in a transition zone between the coniferous forest and the tallgrass prairie pothole region
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Supports 294 species
of birds and 49 species of mammals
Refuge Objectives
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Provide resting, nesting
and feeding habitat for waterfowl and other migratory birds
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Provide habitat for resident
wildlife
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Protect endangered and
threatened species
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Provide for biodiversity
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Provide public opportunities
for outdoor recreation and environmental education
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Conduct research
Highlight
After a 100-year absence, a pair of trumpeter swans nested on the refuge in 2004. A second pair joined them in 2006.
Priorities
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Implement new hunting opportunities
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Implement habitat treatments in the open landscape focus area
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Develop and implement
management plans and provide protection for 5,400 acres of easements
within the refuge’s seven-county management district
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Investigate water quality and determine sediment and nutrient loads
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Repair ditch 11
Public Use Opportunities
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Wildlife observation
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Environmental education
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Auto tour route
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Hunting (big game)
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Three hiking trails (two accessible)
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Wildlife displays in office
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Photography
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Two observation blinds
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Three outdoor information kiosks
