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Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge

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Fish and Wildlife Service land acquisition efforts continue. As of 2009, the USFWS had acquired a 3,582-acre (14.50 km) parcel, slightly less than 70 percent of the total authorized "footprint" that the Refuge will cover when the acquisition process is complete. The lands currently under
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While attempts were made in the early 1900s to drain and reclaim much of the Illinois Riverbed for farming, this was not done with Meredosia Island. The sodden land, which resisted reclamation, was acquired in the early 1920s by the
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The Fish and Wildlife Service's long-range plans for the Refuge call for it to contain a mixture of backwater lake, bottomland forest, upland forest, prairie, seasonal wetland, and permanent marsh habitats.
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active federal ownership or management are now managed not only for waterfowl, but also for shorebirds, wading birds and other wildlife that are native to the Illinois River valley.
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on Meredosia Island for waterfowl. After the federal Fish and Wildlife Service took over much of the Island in 1973 to form the current Refuge, these efforts continued.
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although it is now permanently connected to the mainland by drained parcels of former riverbed. To the east of the Refuge is a large shallow lake,
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The Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge is located on a riverine zone, historically
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is a 5,255-acre (21.27 km) national wildlife refuge located along the
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This article related to a protected area in Illinois is a
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The gun club's caretakers began the active management of
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Map showing the location of Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge
United States
Cass County
Morgan County
Illinois
United States
Meredosia, Illinois
39°51′45″N 90°33′45″W / 39.86250°N 90.56250°W / 39.86250; -90.56250
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge
Illinois River
Cass County
Morgan County
Illinois
Meredosia, Illinois
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Havana, Illinois
wetland
flyway
waterfowl
Meredosia Lake
ducks
geese
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