Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge

The Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge, established in 1931 in the U.S. state of Nebraska.

Geography

The Wildlife Refuge is a 185 km ² area in Garden County, which includes the largest extended and protected sand dunes in the United States. Twelve small lakes and numerous ponds are connected by underground aquifers. Some of the dunes are covered with bushes and grasses, while others have no vegetation. The dunes formed after the last retreat of the ice sheets during the Holocene. Crescent Lake NWR is located about 45 km north of the capital of the Garden County Oshkosh. The coordinates are 41 ° 43'43 "N 102 ° 20'38 ".

Importance of the protected area

The establishment of the Refuges is to protect migratory birds and by living there wild animals. So there are more than twenty breeding pairs of the U.S. heraldic bird, the bald eagle has been spotted during their zweitweiligen stay. In addition, approximately 200 bird species can be observed in the reserve.

Among the mammal species of the Wildlife Refuge including the Pronghorn, also mule deer, white-tailed deer, bobcat, beaver, prairie dog and raccoon. The numerous water lure anglers with their wealth of species such as American perch, walleye and largemouth bass.

Management

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages the Refuge along with the North Platte National Wildlife Refuge. Both protected areas form the Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge Complex.