Bear River Watershed Conservation Area Land Protection Plan

Bear River Watershed Conservation Area Land Protection Plan is plan covering a landscape-scale unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System that helps the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service protect wildlife habitat via voluntary, private land conservation easements and in some cases, by fee title land acquisition in the states of Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming.

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Swans at sunset on water surrounded by mountains at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge lies in northern Utah, where the Bear River flows into the northeast arm of the Great Salt Lake. On the ancestral homelands of the Shoshone, Paiute, Bannock, and Ute people known as the Newe or Meme (the People), the Refuge protects the marshes found at the mouth...
Virginia rail in wetland at Cokeville Meadows in fall of the year.
South of Cokeville, Wyoming, Cokeville Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is centered around a 20-mile stretch of the Bear River Valley and its associated wetlands and uplands. Cokeville Meadows National Wildlife Refuge supports one of the highest densities of nesting waterfowl in Wyoming. These...
Tundra swan prepares to fly out of a wetland on a calm, gray morning.
Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1968 to protect and manage habitat for waterfowl and other migratory birds. Located seven miles south of Montpelier, the refuge encompasses 18,000 acres of cattail marsh, open water, and flooded meadows that are managed by the U.S. Fish and...
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A bright blue sky obstructed by fluffy white clouds reflected off of a stream shot from inside a kayak
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages an unparalleled network of public lands and waters called the National Wildlife Refuge System. With more than 570 refuges spanning the country, this system protects iconic species and provides some of the best wildlife viewing opportunities on Earth.
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