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Wildlife & Habitat

The refuge includes deep permanent sloughs, semi-permanent potholes, seasonal wetlands and vernal pools. This mosaic provides important habitat for migrating and breeding waterfowl and other water birds. The upland habitat, primarily ponderosa pine/grassland mixed with exposed basalt cliffs and areas of meadow and shrub-steppe, supports a large variety of wildlife. More than 208 different kinds of birds have been recorded in this area. Mammals include moose, elk, mule and white-tailed deer, coyote, badger, porcupine, muskrat, beaver, river otter and 12 species of bats. The refuge provides habitat for two Federally listed threatened species, water howellia and Spalding's catch fly.

USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Bird Checklists for Turnbull NWR