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Agassiz
National Wildlife Refuge		 Franklin's gull standing in water
Marshall County Road 7
Middle River, MN   56737
E-mail: agassiz@fws.gov
Phone Number: 218-449-4115
Visit the Refuge's Web Site:
http://www.fws.gov/refuge/agassiz/		 A large Franklin's gull colony of approximately 20,000 breeding pairs is located on the refuge.
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  History
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In 1910, in an effort to improve farming operations, an extensive drainage project was approved by Marshall County. By 1933, approximately one million dollars had been spent trying to drain the Mud Lake area. Farming proved unsuccessful. Marshall County became so tax delinquent that the State Legislature protected the County from bankruptcy but, in return, retained the right to use the lands for conservation purposes. The State negotiated the land transfer to the National Wildlife Refuge System in 1937.

 
 
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