Boating on the Marsh
- June 15 - July 31 ONLY motorless watercraft and boats with battery powered electric motors are permitted in South Marsh. Gas motors must be removed from all boats.
- August 1- December 31, motorless watercraft and boats propelled with motors 10 hp or less are permitted in the South Marsh. Please be aware that you are responsible for your own safety. Ruby Lake marsh is a maze of channels, islands, and heavy vegetation and many of the channel markers are missing. Do not proceed unless you have a GPS unit and know how to use it, or you are very experienced in this particular marsh.
- Boats on trailers can be launched ONLY at the Main Boat Landing and Narciss Boat Landing. Canoes or cartop boats can be launched ONLY at the Main Boat Landing, Narciss Boat Landing, Gravel Pit Pond and Brown Dike.
- Boats may be stored at the Main Boat Landing, Narciss Boat Landing, Gravel Pit Pond and Brown Dike from JUNE 1 through DECEMBER 31. Trailers may NOT be stored on the refuge.
Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge lies at the southern end of Ruby Valley in northeast Nevada. Flanked on the west by the rugged and scenic Ruby Mountains, it is one of the most remote refuges in the lower 48 states.
Elevation: 6000 feet
Size: 39,928 acres
Environment Type: Marsh, meadows, grasslands, and brush covered uplands
Elevation: 6000 feet
Size: 39,928 acres
Environment Type: Marsh, meadows, grasslands, and brush covered uplands
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Land Management
Many of the Service's refuges in California, Nevada and the Klamath Basin are dealing with lack of wetland habitat and forage for migratory birds. As a result, some of our refuges are adjusting hunting quotas, delaying their hunting season opener or closing hunting this year. Below is a summary of...
Our Partners
Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed a new Nevada Agreement for Recreation Shared Stewardship, which is a strategic partnership among state and federal agencies to address the multi-faceted challenges facing Nevada’s communities and natural environment.
Get Involved
Do you love conservation and want to know how to help? Consider participating in the annual Junior Duck Stamp competition!
Recreation
These national wildlife refuges are among those with photography blinds or wildlife observation blinds.
Recreation
Going on vacation and need a place to beat the crowds, enjoy the outdoors and see something unusual or out of the ordinary? These hidden gems in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Wildlife Refuge System will get you off the beaten path. Whether you like beaches, deserts or forests, you...
Wildlife Management
The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service carefully manages trapping activities on national wildlife refuges to ensure that safe, effective practices are used, to ensure the sustainability of wildlife populations, and to protect refuge infrastructure. Trapping may be used as a wildlife management tool...
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About Us
History
Ruby Valley is rich in history. Evidence of prehistoric people who roamed throughout northeastern Nevada can be found all along the west side of the refuge, in the Ruby Mountains. The numerous springs in and around the refuge provide abundant food sources including game animals, seeds, nuts, and roots.