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Refuge Sign <i>(along nearby hiking trail)</i>
Photographer: Keith L
Taken: June 23, 2008
Caption: Refuge Sign (along nearby hiking trail)
Additional Description:
Upper Mississippi River
National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
The magnificent refuge before you was established in 1924 to preserve Upper Mississippi River bottom lands for fish, migratory birds, other wildlife and people. Today the refuge encompasses over 200,000 acres of water, marsh, wooded islands, forest, and prairie spanning 261 river miles from Wabasha, MN to Rock Island, IL.
Submitted: January 24, 2009, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.
Database Locator Identification Number: p51075
File Size: 0.748 Megabytes

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