Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge

Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge

Parks Directory of the United States / National Wildlife Refuges

Address: PO Box 1248
Socorro, NM 87801
Phone: 505-864-4021;
Fax: 505-864-7761;
Web: www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/newmex/sevilleta
Established: 1973.
Location: 20 miles north of Socorro, New Mexico.
Special Features: Management has been devoted to restoring the refuge to the natural conditions that might have been seen around the turn of the 20th century. As a result, native animals like deer, elk, coyotes, mountain lions, and a wide variety of birds and reptiles have become more abundant and visible. The Mexican wolf captive management facility on the refuge has been used to re-acclimate these endangered species to their historical habitat.
Habitats: 229,700 acres covering a wide range of ecosystem types: Chihuahuan desert, Great Plains grassland, Great Basin shrub-steppe, piñon-juniper woodland, riparian forests, wetlands, and montane coniferous forest.
Access: Refuge is managed primarily as a research area and closed to most recreational uses. However, limited waterfowl and dove hunting is available, and special tours may be arranged by contacting the refuge.
Wild life: Desert bighorn sheep, pronghorn, mule deer, mountain lion, horned lizard, bald eagle, peregrine falcon, and several species of ducks, herons, cranes, and raptors.

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