Features
Office and Visitor Center
Audubon National Wildlife Refuge welcomes visitors to participate in wildlife-dependent recreational activities.
Calendar of Events
Join in a special event to learn outdoor skills and increase your knowledge of wildlife conservation.
Calendar of Events and Visitor Opportunities 2016
ND Junior Duck Stamp Program
Cassidy Fulton, Valley City, ND, won 'Best of Show' honors with her American wigeon painting in 2016.
Junior Duck Stamp Program
Duck Stamps
Federal Duck Stamps were originally created in 1934 as federal licenses required for hunting migratory waterfowl.
Federal Duck Stamp Office
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in ND
Learn about National Wildlife Refuges, Wetland Management Districts and other offices in ND.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in North Dakota
Watching Wildlife
Prairie wetlands and grasslands provide habitat for diverse wildlife species, including 246 birds, 34 mammals, 5 reptiles, 4 amphibians, and 37 fish species.
Birdwatching enthusiasts seek out the elusive prairie grassland sparrows, the graceful shorebirds, and a variety of nesting or migrating waterfowl that can be observed on the refuge.
Wildlife Checklist BrochureAbout the Complex
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The Audubon Complex includes 6 fee title refuges, 6 limited interest easement refuges, 123 waterfowl production areas, and wetland and grassland conservation easements on private land.
Audubon is managed as part of the Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
Learn more about the complex About the NWRS
The National Wildlife Refuge System, within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, manages a national network of lands and waters set aside to conserve America’s fish, wildlife, and plants.
Learn more about the NWRS
Visitor Information
The office and visitor center are open Monday - Friday from 8:00am - 4:30pm year round, except Federal holidays. On the weekday prior to a Federal holiday, we may be closed early.
Phone: 701/442-5474,
Fax: 701/442-5546,
Email: audubon@fws.gov
Website: http://www.fws.gov/refuge/audubon
Audubon National Wildlife Refuge is located in central North Dakota, approximately 45 miles south of Minot or 65 miles north of Bismarck. More specifically, the office and visitor center is located 3 miles north of Coleharbor, ND on Highway 83 and 1 mile east.
The 8-mile gravel tour route begins near the visitor center and winds along the scenic south shoreline of Lake Audubon. Highlights include views of Lake Audubon, prairie wetlands and grasslands, and opportunities to observe many species of birds, other animals, and plants. Visitors are welcome to leave their vehicle and stroll through the prairie or along the wind-blown shoreline of Lake Audubon. A brochure corresponds with numbered signs along the auto tour route.
Auto Tour Route Brochure
Deer hunting (archery, rifle, and muzzleloader), and a late-season upland bird hunt for pheasant, grouse, and partridge are held on the refuge each year. Anglers may ice fish when ice covers the water. There is no open-water fishing on Audubon Refuge. Special regulations apply for the hunting and ice fishing programs. Please consult the Hunting and Ice Fishing Information and Regulations Brochure.
Hunting and Ice Fishing Information and Regulations Brochure
Mallard Ducklings
'Wild beasts and birds are by right not the property merely of the people who are alive today, but the property of unknown generations, whose belongings we have no right to squander.'
-Theodore Roosevelt
Page Photo Credits — All photos courtesy of USFWS unless otherwise noted., American Avocet Photo Courtesy of Craig Bihrle
Last Updated: Jan 14, 2016