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Mille Lacs National Wildlife Refuge |
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Mille Lacs County, MN E-mail: millelacs@fws.gov Phone Number: 218-768-2402 |
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| Visit the Refuge's Web Site: http://midwest.fws.gov/millelacs |
Tiny Mille Lacs Refuge has one of only four common tern breeding colonies in Minnesota. | ||
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Mille Lacs National Wildlife Refuge Mille Lacs National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1915 and is known as the smallest refuge in the National Wildlife Refuge System. The refuge is comprised of two small islands (0.57 acres total) over a mile from shore on Lake Mille Lacs in north-central Minnesota. The islands are boulder and gravel outcrops important for colonial nesting birds, including common terns, ring-billed and herring gulls, and double-crested cormorants. The refuge is managed by staff at the Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge.
 Mille Lacs Refuge harbors one of only four common tern breeding colonies (a state threatened species) in Minnesota. Learn More>>  Mille Lacs Refuge was established as "a preserve and breeding ground for native birds" by Executive Order 2199, signed on May 14, 1915. Learn More>> |
 Landing on the refuge is discouraged, but colonial birds can be observed from offshore.
Refuge management is limited to monitoring the nesting colonies, posting the refuge boundaries, and recently, passive control of ring-billed gulls, which threaten the common tern colony. |
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