Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge

Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge

Parks Directory of the United States / National Wildlife Refuges

Address: 38672 291st St
Lake Andes, SD 57356
Phone: 605-487-7603;
Fax: 605-487-7604;
Web: lakeandes.fws.gov
Established: 1936.
Location: Southern South Dakota.
Facilities: Visitor contact station, viewing sites, hiking trails.
Activities: Fishing, hiking, hunting, educational group tours (by prior arrangement).
Special Features: The refuge occupies the southern portion of the Prairie Pothole regions, known as the "Duck Factory" as many ducks rely on this habitat to raise their young.
Habitats: 5,638 acres of natural, shallow prairie lake and grasslands.
Access: Open year round during daylight hours.
Wild life: Colonial-nesting eared grebes, black terns, Franklin gulls, bald eagles, blue-winged teal, bobolinks, white-tailed deer, beaver, and muskrats.

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