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Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge
10630 Road 181
Ellsworth, Nebraska 69340
Email: cresentlake@fws.gov
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| Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), located approximately 28 miles north of Oshkosh, Nebraska, was established in 1931 as a waterfowl production and maintenance Refuge. It is located at the eastern edge of the Nebraska Panhandle in Garden County, on the southwestern edge of the 20,000 square mile Nebraska Sandhills. The sandhills are characterized by continuous grass and forb-covered dunes and swales and are considered to be the largest body of sand in the world, which is not a desert. Where the swales dip below the water table, sub-irrigated meadows, marshes, and lakes have formed. In most cases, no stream systems exist between wetlands. Many lakes are maintained solely by underground water sources. The 45,849-acre (71 square mile) Refuge is largely grasslands dotted with hundreds of permanent, semipermanent, and temporary wetlands. <P> |
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| Nebraska Statewide Arboretum: FloraSerach - ... ?Natural Areas Calamus Reservior State Recreation Area near Burwell (NGPC) Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service) near North Platte Fort Niobrara National Wildlife ... | | Crescent Lake / North Platte National Wildlife Refuge Complex: Home - These little known refuges are located in the Nebraska panhandle. The grass covered dunes were ... Skip navigation links Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge | North Platte National Wildlife ... | | Nebraska Biological Programs, Resources, and Research - NBII - Access to Nebraska biological information and data produced by federal, state, county, local ... Fish & Wildlife Service Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge National Park Service Great Plains ... | | Flying Emu's links to web-published seasonal bird checklists - The Flying Emu checklist links page is the biggest directory of bird checklists with seasonal abundance on the web."< ... Flying Emu Web-published Bird Checklists with Seasonal Abundance Almost all of ... | | http://www.eswr.com/frr.htm - This page is current through March 21. For more recent notices, go here. For NEPA notices, go here. Friday, March 21 (March 21 Table of Contents from GPO) NMFS issues an inseason adjustment opening ... | | http://www.lasr.net/leisure/nebraska/specialt...menu_right.html - ... Area 6. KIMBALL - Gotte Park - Oliver State Recreation Area 8. OSHKOSH - Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge 9. SCOTTSBLUFF - Riverside Zoo and Campground PINERIDGE COUNTRY click to view map 2 ... |
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| Crescent Lake NWR is located approximately 28 miles north of Oshkosh, Nebraska. From U.S. Highway 26, turn north on West Second. Proceed north out of town (oil road will convert to gravel), and follow directional signs to the Refuge headquarters. From U.S. Highway 2, turn south just east of Lakeside, Nebraska. Follow directional signs to the Refuge headquarters (approximately 28 miles). <P> |
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