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Nearest city
  
Brigham City, Utah

Phone
  
+1 435-723-5887

Area
  
319.7 kmĀ²

Established
  
1928

Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

Location
  
Governing body
  
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Website
  
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

Address
  
2155 W Forest St, Brigham City, UT 84302, USA

Management
  
United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Similar
  
Willard Bay State Park, Golden Spike National, Brigham City / Perry South KO, Bear River Health Departme, Spiral Jetty

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Bear river migratory bird refuge


Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge is a 74,000-acre (299 km2) National Wildlife Refuge in Utah, established in 1928. The refuge is part of a national system of fee ownership lands purchase from willing sellers, mostly private property owners.

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The refuge encompasses the Bear River and its delta where it flows into the northern part of the Great Salt Lake in eastern Box Elder County. It includes a variety of habitats, such as open water, mudflats, wetlands, and uplands. The refuge hosts millions of migratory birds each year including species such as bald eagle and tundra swan. There are more than 41,000 acres (170 km2) of freshwater wetlands. The Refuge is approx. 80,000 acres of Federal and State lands that are management by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The surrounding lands are occupied by multiple hunting clubs along the bird migration route.

The James V. Hansen Wildlife Education Center features interactive exhibits about the birds and wetlands of the Refuge and a 1/2-mile accessible walking trail a wetland habitat outside. Environmental education programs, symposiums and public events are offered.

There is a one-way 12 mile auto route through the Refuge, with an audio tour and map available for download through the official website.

Starting in 1983, rising floodwaters from the Great Salt Lake severely impacted the refuge. The flooding of the refuge is at the center of Terry Tempest Williams's noted nonfiction book, Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place. In 2006, a new wildlife education center off Interstate 15 opened to attract visitors once more.

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References

Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Wikipedia


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