Nearest city Soda Springs, Idaho Phone +1 208-574-2755 | Area 78.51 km² Established 1965 | |
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Location Bonneville County, Caribou County, Idaho, United States Governing body U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Website Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge Address 74 Grays Lake Rd, Wayan, ID 83285, USA Management United States Fish and Wildlife Service Similar Market Lake Wildlife M, Mud Lake Wildlife Manage, Massacre Rocks State Park, Harriman State Park, Fort Boise Wildlife Manage | ||
Grays Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge of the United States located in southeastern Idaho. It has the largest hardstem bulrush marsh in North America. Located in a high mountain valley near Soda Springs, the refuge and surrounding mountains offer scenic vistas, wildflowers, and fall foliage displays. Lands adjacent to the 19,400-acre (79 km2) refuge are primarily wet meadows and grasslands. The refuge provides breeding habitat for species of mammals including moose, elk, mule deer, muskrat, badger, and weasel.
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GeographyEdit
The refuge has a surface area of 20,125.08 acres (81.44 km² or 8,144 ha).
Bird habitatEdit
The refuge hosts a large nesting population of greater sandhill cranes; as many as 1200 individuals are counted in the valley during migration and staging times. The refuge is a birding destination, and a good area to view the rare trumpeter swans. This near-pristine montane wetland is being threatened by the same type of suburban/rural development that has so heavily impacted nearby Jackson Hole.