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词条 Pretty Rock National Wildlife Refuge
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{{Infobox protected area
| name = Pretty Rock National Wildlife Refuge
| iucn_category = IV
| photo = Whooping Cranes USFWS.jpg
| photo_caption = Whooping cranes
| map = USA
| relief = 1
| map_caption =
| location = Grant County, North Dakota, United States
| nearest_city = New Leipzig, ND
| coordinates = {{coord|46|15|20|N|101|56|47|W|region:US|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| coords_ref = [1]
| area = {{convert|800|acre|abbr=on}}
| established =
| visitation_num =
| visitation_year =
| governing_body = U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
}}Pretty Rock National Wildlife Refuge is an {{convert|800|acre|adj=on}} National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in the U.S. state of North Dakota.[2][3] Pretty Rock NWR is an easement refuge and is on privately owned land, but the landowners and U.S. Government work cooperatively to protect the resources.[4] The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service oversees Pretty Rock NWR from their offices at Audubon National Wildlife Refuge.[5] This isolated refuge is {{convert|10|mi|abbr=on}} south of New Leipzig, North Dakota and has been known as a temporary resting place for migrating whooping cranes. In 2002, six adults and one juvenile crane were spotted on the refuge.[6]

References

1. ^{{cite gnis|id=1030808|name=Pretty Rock National Wildlife Refuge|accessdate=February 10, 2014}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Annual Report of Lands Under Control of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service|url=http://www.fws.gov/refuges/realty/archives/pdf/2010_Annual_Report_of_Lands.pdf|format=pdf|page=25|publisher=U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service|date=September 30, 2010|accessdate=February 10, 2014}}
3. ^{{cite map|publisher=Topoquest (USGS Quads)|title=New Leipzig South, ND|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=46.25556&lon=-101.94626&datum=nad83&zoom=4|accessdate=February 10, 2014}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Examples of Conservation Easements|url=http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/pfw/r6pfw8b1.htm|publisher=U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service|accessdate=February 10, 2014}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=North Dakota National Wildlife Refuges|url=http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/refuges/nd/|publisher=U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service|accessdate=February 10, 2014}}
6. ^{{cite news|last=Wilson|first=Ron|title=Whoopers make stop in New Leipzig area|publisher=Bismarck Tribune|date=October 17, 2002|url=http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2002/10/17/news/local/nws3.txt|accessdate=February 10, 2014}}

External links

  • [https://www.fws.gov/refuge/Audubon/Audubon/About_the_Complex/ Audubon National Wildlife Refuge: About the Complex]
  • Oh Ranger: Pretty Rock National Wildlife Refuge
{{Protected areas of North Dakota}}{{National Wildlife Refuges of the United States}}{{NorthDakota-protected-area-stub}}

3 : Protected areas of Grant County, North Dakota|National Wildlife Refuges in North Dakota|Easement refuges in North Dakota

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