Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge

📍

Bordered by steep wooded bluffs that rise 100 to 600 feet above the river valley, the Mississippi River corridor and refuge offer scenic beauty and productive fish and wildlife habitat unmatched in the heart of America. Established in 1924 to be a refuge for fish, wildlife and plants and a breeding place for migratory birds, Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge now covers more than 240,000 acres and extends roughly 261 miles of the Mississippi River across four states: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa.More than 290 species of birds migrate throughout the refuge eve…

Activities: HUNTING, VISITOR CENTER, WILDLIFE VIEWING, WOOD CUTTING, SNOWSHOEING, CROSS COUNTRY SKIING, OFF HIGHWAY VEHICLE, FISHING