Grass Lake National Wildlife Refuge

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Grass Lake National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is a 3,279-acre Refuge, which also has a 399-acre flowage easement and contains three large wetlands which are filled by Cedar Creek. Halfbreed Lake is a productive 248-acre semi-permanent wetland that has a good interspersion of open water and emergent vegetation. The other two wetlands, Grass Lake (375 acres) and Goose Lake (220 acres), are shallower and less permanent, but sustain highly productive stands of submergent vegetation. The dense cattail communities located throughout the Refuge in marshy areas provide cover, concealment, nesting habitat…