Coronavirus (COVID-19) Notice
Although most refuge lands and outdoor spaces have remained open for the public to enjoy, we encourage you to:
- Check local conditions on this website and call ahead for current information
- Follow current CDC safe practices by maintaining a safe distance between yourself and other groups
- Wash your hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth
- Cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze
- Most importantly, stay home if you feel sick
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Current Refuge Closures
In keeping with guidance from the CDC, we postponed reopening the visitor center for the season.
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Monarchs On the Move
Our monarchs are migrating to their wintering grounds in Mexico.
Track their progress.
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Seney Natural History Association
The Seney Natural History Association is the non-profit group that helps the refuge put on special events, hire interns, and much more!
Seney Natural History Association
News
Hunt camp registration will not occur in-person this year. The office is not open due to COVID-19 restrictions.
If you are interested in camping during the 2020 rifle deer season here’s how to register:
Send the following information to Jennifer Wycoff, via email to jennifer_wycoff@fws.gov or text/phone (906) 286-1599: your name, number of people in your party, phone number(s) we can reach you at now and while camping, arrival and departure dates, type of camp: Tent, Trailer, Pickup Camper, Other, vehicle information: make and model of all vehicles using the site, and desired camp location.
Hunting
Whitefish Point Unit
The Whitefish Point Unit (53 acres) of Seney National Wildlife Refuge is located about 11 miles north of Paradise, Michigan. The unit is a stop-over for birds migrating to and from Canada.
Whitefish Point Unit
About the Complex
Seney National Wildlife Refuge is managed as part of the Seney National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
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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
Page Photo Credits – Misty Morning Sunrise, © Candice Massey, Monarch Caterpillar, Sara Giles/USFWS, Common Loon with Chicks - Dan Irizarry/2011 Photo Contest, Yellow-rumped Warbler, © Larry McGahey, Stream Invertebrates Class - Jan Barrett/USFWS, Snowy Owl Eating a Grebe, Sara D'Angelo/2012 Photo Contest - 2nd Place Wildlife Category, Pileated Woodpecker Chicks - Jeremy Maslowski/USFWS, Huron Island Lighthouse, Sara Giles/USFWS, Ruffed Grouse, © Conrad Warren., Yellow Warbler - © Keith Perish, Downy Woodpecker, © Naji Hussenini
Last Updated: Nov 12, 2020