Minnesota Destinations

National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs)




	National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs) are sites that have been selected to conserve America’s fish, wildlife and plants. They are managed and owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. There are currently 13 NWRs in Minnesota. All but one are open to the public.

	Agassiz NWR Big Stone NWR Crane Meadows NWR Glacial Ridge NWR Hamden Slough NWR Mille Lacs NWR (closed to the public) Minnesota Valley NWR, Black Dog Unit Minnesota Valley NWR, Blakeley Unit Minnesota Valley NWR, Bloomington Ferry Unit Minnesota Valley NWR, Chaska Unit Minnesota Valley NWR, Jessenland Unit Minnesota Valley NWR, Long Meadow Lake Unit Minnesota Valley NWR, Louisville Swamp Unit Minnesota Valley NWR, Rapids Lake Unit Minnesota Valley NWR, St. Lawrence Unit Minnesota Valley NWR, Wilkie Unit Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Bittbender Unit Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Gislason Lake Unit Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Green Muhly Unit Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Jessen Unit Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Rengstorf Unit Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Touch the Sky Prairie Unit Rice Lake NWR Rydell NWR Sherburne NWR Tamarac NWR Upper Mississippi River NWR		Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Louisville Swamp Unit Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Rapids Lake Unit Northern Tallgrass Prairie NWR, Touch the Sky Prairie Unit

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