Sullys Hill National Game Preserve

Sullys Hill National Game Preserve
Landscape at Sullys Hill National Game Preserve
Location	Benson County, North Dakota, USA
Coordinates	47°59′10″N 98°58′35″W / 47.98611°N 98.97639°W / 47.98611; -98.97639Coordinates: 47°59′10″N 98°58′35″W / 47.98611°N 98.97639°W / 47.98611; -98.97639
Area	1,674 acres (6.77 km²)
Established	1904 as Sullys Hill National Park
Governing body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Website	Sullys Hill National Game Preserve

Sullys Hill National Game Preserve is a National Wildlife Refuge and nature center located on the shore of Devil's Lake in Benson County, North Dakota, within the Spirit Lake Tribe reservation.

In 1904, Sullys Hill National Park was established by President Theodore Roosevelt. It was named after General Alfred Sully,^[1] son of the painter Thomas Sully.

On March 3, 1931, during the Great Depression, the United States Congress transferred the park to be managed by the Fish and Wildlife Service as a wildlife refuge, where hunting is permitted. The Spirit Lake Tribe has fishing and hunting rights here.

It is one of only seven National Parks to have been disbanded. Of these seven parks, only Sullys Hill and Mackinac National Park in Michigan, now Mackinac Island State Park, are no longer under the control of the National Park Service.

The park's 1,674 acres (6.8 km²), a mixture of marshes and wooded hills, includes such wildlife as 20-30 American bison, 25-40 elk, 20-30 white-tailed deer, and a colony of prairie dogs. an array of birds, insects, and plants have also been identified within the refuge.

Open seasonally, the visitor center includes an exhibit hall of mounted North Dakota animals in prairie, wetland, forest, and agriculture habitats, education classrooms, and a book store. The center offer programs for school groups, public workshops, guided nature hikes, bird-watching walks, summer youth programs, and conservation programs throughout the year.

References

↑ Federal Writers' Project (1938). North Dakota, a Guide to the Northern Prairie State. WPA. p. 268. ISBN 978-1-62376-033-5.

External links

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service: Sullys Hill National Game Preserve

Protected areas of North Dakota
National Parks	Theodore Roosevelt
National Historic Sites	Fort Union Trading Post Knife River Indian Villages
National Wildlife Refuges	Appert Lake Ardoch Arrowwood Audubon Bone Hill Creek Brumba Buffalo Lake Camp Lake Canfield Lake Chase Lake Cottonwood Lake Dakota Lake Des Lacs Florence Lake Halfway Lake Hiddenwood Hobart Lake Hutchinson Lake J. Clark Salyer Johnson Lake Kellys Slough Lake Alice Lake George Lake Ilo Lake Nettie Lake Otis Lake Patricia Lake Zahl Lambs Lake Little Goose Long Lake Lords Lake Lost Lake Maple River McLean Pleasant Lake Pretty Rock Rabb Lake Rock Lake Rose Lake School Section Lake Shell Lake Sheyenne Lake Sibley Lake Silver Lake Slade Snyder Lake Springwater Stewart Lake Stoney Slough Storm Lake Stump Lake Sullys Hill National Game Preserve Sunburst Lake Tewaukon Tomahawk Upper Souris White Lake Wild Rice Willow Lake Wintering River Wood Lake
National Grasslands	Cedar River Dakota Prairie Little Missouri Sheyenne
U.S. Wilderness Areas	Chase Lake Lostwood Theodore Roosevelt
Other Federal	International Peace Garden North Country National Scenic Trail
State	Parks Beaver Lake Cross Ranch Fort Abraham Fort Ransom Fort Stevenson Grahams Island Icelandic Lake Metigoshe Lake Sakakawea Lewis and Clark Little Missouri Sully Creek Turtle River Recreation areas Butte Saint Paul Crow Flies High Black Tiger Bay Doyle Memorial Indian Hills Little Metigoshe Pelican Point Pembina Gorge

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