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 | Ouray National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is located in the desert of northeastern Utah and receives less than 7 inches of precipitation annually. The Green River brings water down from the mountains of Wyoming and through the Refuge, attracting thousands of waterfowl and other birds. The Refuge includes 16 miles of the Green River, totaling 11,987 acres. Three thousand, eight-hundred acres of the Refuge is leased from the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation and the State of Utah. <P>The Refuge includes approximately 19 square miles of bottomlands and river surface in six naturally occurring bottoms along the shallow Green River. The Refuge is considered by some as the most significant stand of riparian cottonwoods on the entire Green River and perhaps the entire Colorado River Drainage. Bluffs border the river valley and semi-desert shrubland and grasslands make up the rest of the Refuge. <P>The Refuge provides food and nesting cover for 14 species of ducks and Canada geese as well as a resting area and food for many additional species of migrating waterbirds. Approximately 200 species of birds use Ouray NWR, along with a variety of mammals and fish such as elk, mule deer, river otters, prairie dogs. Eight imperiled species including whooping cranes and several endangered fish such as the bonytail and humpback chubs, and razorback suckers also live on the Refuge. The Uinta Basin hookless cactus is a federally threatened species that inhabits the Refuge habitat. <P> |
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| Ouray National Wildlife Refuge - General Brochure - Ouray National Wildlife Refuge Randlett, Utah General Brochure The desert of northeastern Utah is a harsh place for wildlife ... to the river. Ouray National Wildlife Refuge and Ouray National ... | | Ouray National Wildlife Refuge, Utah - Ouray National Wildlife Refuge, Utah - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ... Ouray National Wildlife Refuge Randlett, Utah Welcome to the Ouray National Wildlife Refuge Website. The refuge ... | | Black-necked Stilt in Ouray National Wildlife Refuge - Black-necked Stilt in Ouray National Wildlife Refuge, Utah ... Two Poses of the Black-necked Stilt in Ouray National Wildlife Refuge Sweet, photogenic Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus ... | | Utah Wings - Photos of birds of Utah including hawks, flycatchers, shorebirds, waterfowl, hummingbirds, swallows ... 2002 Bittern: American Bittern - in Ouray National Wildlife Refuge ? Carol Davis, 6-25-2003 ... | | Intermountain Environmental - Ouray National Wildlife Refuge, Vernal, UT - Water Level Mon - ... Shelters FRP Consoles/Cabinets FRP Manholes Ouray National Wildlife Refuge - April, 2001 Water Level Monitoring using ... for the Ouray National Wildlife Refuge. [click map] Application ... | | Intermountain Environmental - Map of Ouray National Wildlife Refuge Water Level Monitoring - Map of the Park | | Ouray National Wildlife Refuge - Ouray National Wildlife Refuge Image 1 Return to Index Next Page Skip to: Image 1 -- Image 2 -- Image 3 -- Image 4 Text version Digital version created: 12-05-2002 URL: http://ublib.buffalo.edu ... | | Ouray National Wildlife Refuge - Ouray National Wildlife Refuge Image 2 Previous Page Next Page Skip to: Image 1 -- Image 2 -- Image 3 -- Image 4 Text version Digital version created: 12-05-2002 URL: http://ublib.buffalo.edu ... | | Bird Checklists of the United States - Bird Checklists of the United States Ouray National Wildlife Refuge Vernal, Utah Welcome to Ouray National Wildlife Refuge. Located along the Green River in northeastern Utah, the refuge lies ... | | Wetland fun - ... day for both visitors and biologists at the Ouray National Wildlife Refuge sixth annual open house held last Saturday. The ... with the Ouray National Wildlife Refuge. Although the number of ... | | Spring celebration - Spring celebration at Ouray National Wildlife Refuge May 5, 2000 Ouray National Wildlife Refuge is celebrating International Migratory Bird Day (IMBD) and the Refuge's 40th birthday by hosting ... |
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| To reach Ouray NWR, take U.S. Highway 40, 14 miles west of the city of Vernal, Utah. Turn south on State Highway 88 and travel 14 miles to the Refuge entrance. The Refuge office is located 1 mile down the entrance road. <P> |
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