63 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES OFFER 290,000 ACRES 1 Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge 24 miles north of Jamestown 8 Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge 4 miles southeast of Mof t 2 Audubon National Wildlife Refuge 2.5 miles north, 1 mile east of Coleharbor 9 Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge 21 miles north of Stanley 3 Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge 1.5 miles northwest of Medina 10 Tewaukon National Wildlife Refuge 5 miles out of Cayuga 4 Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge 1 mile west of Kenmare 11 Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge 25 miles northwest of Minot 5 J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge 3 miles north of Upham 12 White Horse Hill National Game Preserve 13 miles south of Devils Lake 6 Lake Alice National Wildlife Refuge 18 miles northwest of Devils Lake MOST WILDLIFE REFUGES LISTED FEATURE A VISITOR CENTER. 7 Lake ILO National Wildlife Refuge 5.5 miles east of Killdeer Scan for more information BOTTINEAU WHERE TO LOOK It’s simple and fun to nd your favorite (and new) species of birds in North Dakota. Look for birding drives and trails, wildlife refuges and nature areas throughout the state. During spring migration, you could see up to 25 species of warblers just in the Turtle Mountains near Bottineau. Steele Birding Drives take you through an area named one of the Top 10 Birding Hotspots in North America. Birding Drives Dakota showcases birding near Carrington and Jamestown, including Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge which features more than 16,000 acres of premier birding habitat. Near Drake and Anamoose, along the Souris and Sheyenne rivers, nd more than 300 species at birding sites like Lonetree Wildlife Management Area and Wintering River National Wildlife Refuge. Head east to the Devils Lake area to visit White Horse Hill National Game Preserve or Lake Alice National Wildlife Refuge — often called the everglades of the prairies. CROSBY 5 4 KENMARE 43 DUNSEITH 281 PEMBINA 85 9 STANLEY 11 5 5 83 MINOT UPHAM WILLISTON 2 NEW TOWN 2 6 DEVILS LAKE 29 WATFORD CITY GARRISON 52 12 200 CARRINGTON GRAND FORKS 2 KILLDEER COLEHARBOR 200 7 22 MEDORA 200 STANTON 200A WASHBURN 29 1 3 8 83 LINTON 281 DICKINSON 83 52 JAMESTOWN VALLEY CITY 94 85 MANDAN BISMARCK MOFFIT MEDINA 94 FARGO LISBON BOWMAN 1806 29 CAYUGA FORMAN WAHPETON HETTINGER 10 Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge, near Killdeer NDtourism.com 51
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