Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge

Prairie flowers in bloom on Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge - USFWS photo

On June 12, 2008 the the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission approved $4 million to purchase more than 18,000 acres of prairie wetland and associated grassland habitat for the Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge in northwestern Minnesota – one of the largest purchases ever using dollars generated from Federal Duck Stamp sales and import duties on firearms and ammunition.

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Glacial Ridge NWR Website

Audio file of Glacial Ridge NWR Manager Dave Bennett
talking about Glacial Ridge NWR

General location of Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge

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- Photos above and below courtesy of The Nature Conservancy Prairie chickens, sandhill cranes pintail ducks and marbled godwits, along with many other species of waterfowl, grassland birds prairie wildlife have a permanently protected home at Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge

.pdf map of authorized areas approved by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission