Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

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Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge is a 74,000-acre (299 km²) National Wildlife Refuge in Utah, established in 1928.

The refuge encompasses the Bear River and its delta where it flows into the northern part of the Great Salt Lake in eastern Box Elder County. It includes a variety of habitats, such as open water, mudflats, wetlands, and uplands. The refuge hosts millions of migratory birds each year including species such as bald eagle and tundra swan.

Starting in 1983, rising floodwaters from the Great Salt Lake severely impacted the refuge. The flooding of the refuge is at the center of Terry Tempest Williams's noted nonfiction book, Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place. In 2006, a new wildlife education center off Interstate 15 opened to attract visitors once more.

[edit] See also

• National Wildlife Refuge
• List of National Wildlife Refuges

[edit] External links

• Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
• Official Web site of the Blue Goose Alliance
• Christopher Chadbourne and Associates, Inc., Exhibit Design firm for the Education Center