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Nearby Parks:
Big Lake State Park
Thurnau State Wildlife Area
Brown State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area
Brown County State Park
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| National Park Overview: |
 | Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge is located in northwestern Missouri within the historic Missouri River floodplain. The 7,350-acre refuge was established in 1935 as a resting, feeding, and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife. Many of the original facilities were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration in the late 1930s.
The principal refuge habitats are seasonal and semipermanent wetlands, native warm and cool season grasslands, woodlands, and croplands. The refuge includes loess bluff hills, unusual geologic formations caused by wind-deposited soil, where remnants of the once-vast native prairie still exist.
Squaw Creek is best known for its large concentrations of snow geese, other waterfowl, and bald eagles. The refuge is a major stop-over for waterfowl, with more than one-half million birds in the fall and lesser, but still spectacular, numbers in the spring. The refuge is within the Mississippi Flyway.
Because the refuge contains a diversity of habitats, many wildlife species use Squaw Creek, including approximately 309 species of birds, 33 species of mammals, and 35 species of reptiles and amphibians. Federally listed threatened and endangered species sighted recently include peregrine falcon, piping plover, least tern, and bald eagle. There are a number of Missouri State endangered and threatened species on the refuge, including the Eastern massasauga rattlesnake.
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| Related Links: |
| Friends of Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge - Home | General Info | Events | Volunteer Opportunities | Bird Sightings | Trails | Bird Checklist | Refuge Map | Join the FOSC | Links | Contact Us Map of the refuge: ? Copyright 2003 - Friends of ... | | Friends of Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge - ... the FOSC | Links | Contact Us Friends of Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge Welcome to the website for the Friends of the Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge located near Mound City, Missouri ... | | Sedimentation in the Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge - Sedimentation in the Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge David C. Heimann, Project Chief Abstract Deep loess deposits ... Missouri River. Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, located on the ... | | Bird Checklists of the United States - Checklists of the United States Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge Mound City, Missouri Wingbeats from the North For ... contact: Refuge Manager Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge PO Box ... | | Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge top> - ... Region 3 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan Comprehensive ... Established in 1935, Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge is located ... | | Missouri map page - ... 573-222-3589 Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge 217-224-8580 Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge 660-442-3187 Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge 660-856-3323 Ecological Services ... | | Wildlife Watcher Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge - ... Selected Reading CritterFinder SM Feedback Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge Missouri is known as the "show me state ... contact: Refuge Manager Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge P.O. Box ... | | Seasonal Birding Spectacles- Winter - Compiled here is a list of some of the regularly occurring major birding spectacles during the ... is the peak of migration at Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Missouri. See as many as 300 ... |
| Directions: |
| The refuge is located five miles south of Mound City, MO, and 30 miles north of St. Joseph, MO, just off of Interstate 29. Take exit 79, and drive 3 miles west on highway 159.
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