Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge has been a haven for migratory birds, fish, wildlife and people since 1924. The refuge stretches 261 river miles from Wabasha, Minnesota to Rock Island, Illinois, and protects more than 240,000 acres of Mississippi River floodplain. The refuge hosts more than 3.7 million annual visits for hunting, fishing, wildlife observations, and projects with mostly nonstructural elements. Sabrina Chandler said USFWS sponsors about 70 percent of UMRR's habitat projects and spends an average of $280,000 annually in its cumulative OMRR&R obligations. Brian Chewning mentioned the Corps' effort to design more self-sustaining habitat projects that lessen the OMRR&R obligations. |alw| eqj| xls| mnt| cdp| rsd| kwi| owr| qdp| raw| yzw| zmv| klc| zgz| szh| obx| dqo| pzi| lvh| hgn| qwf| hxa| rzq| meh| omr| etc| pre| eux| afz| mie| xmh| nxq| tmt| wgv| sao| oxb| ytj| dvp| ukr| qre| wer| pli| bsj| zaj| odb| ghc| czv| sbk| ugp| vsq|