Nearest city Fallon, Nevada Phone +1 775-423-5128 | Area 322 km² Established 1949 | |
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Location Churchill County, Nevada, United States Governing body U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Website Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge Address 1020 New River Pkwy, Fallon, NV 89406, USA Hours Closed now Monday8AM–5PMTuesday8AM–5PMWednesday8AM–5PMThursday8AM–5PMFriday8AM–5PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedSuggest an edit Management United States Fish and Wildlife Service Similar Fallon National Wildlife R, Fallon Convention and Touri, Churchill County Parks & R, Churchill County Manager, Fallon/Ch Fire Station | ||
Stillwater national wildlife refuge hunt
Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge of the United States in Nevada. It is located in the Lahontan Valley, near the community of Fallon, sixty miles east of Reno. It was established in 1949 and encompasses 79,570 acres (322.0 km2).
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The Stillwater wetlands are well-known to birders, as this area has been designated a site of international importance by the Western Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve Network because of the hundreds of thousands of shorebirds, such as long-billed dowitcher, black-necked stilt, and American avocet passing through during migration.
Also listed as a 'Globally Important Bird Area' by the American Bird Conservancy, more than 280 species have been sighted in the area. These tremendously rich and diverse wetlands attract more than a quarter million waterfowl, as well as over 20,000 other water birds, including American white pelicans, double-crested cormorants, white-faced ibis, and several species of egrets, herons, gulls, and terns.