Area 4.265 km² Nearest city Endeavor | Established 1979 | |
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Location Buffalo, Marquette County, Wisconsin, United States Governing body U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Management United States Fish and Wildlife Service Similar Gravel Island National, Belmont Mound State Park, Green Bay National Wildlife R, Grandma Lake Wetlands, Kangaroo Lake State Natural A | ||
Fox River National Wildlife Refuge, managed by staff at Horicon National Wildlife Refuge, encompasses 1,054 acres (4.27 km2) of wetland and upland habitat along the Fox River in the Town of Buffalo, in Marquette County, Wisconsin.
Refuge staff restores, enhances, and preserves the oak savanna upland and sedge meadow wetland habitats historically found in extensive areas along the Fox River. Staff manages the wildlife populations that use these habitats, with special emphasis on those species dependent upon large expanses of natural marsh, such as the greater sandhill crane.
Other management objectives include protecting the habitats of any Federal or State endangered or threatened species within the refuge, such as the state threatened blanding's turtle, and to make the refuge available for outdoor recreation, environmental education, and other public use activities compatible with the above objectives.