Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)

Location	Stutsman County, North Dakota, United States
Nearest city	Medina, ND
Coordinates	47°1′22″N 99°26′40″W / 47.02278°N 99.44444°W / 47.02278; -99.44444Coordinates: 47°1′22″N 99°26′40″W / 47.02278°N 99.44444°W / 47.02278; -99.44444
Area	4,385 acres (17.75km²)
Established	1908
Governing body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Website	Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota. The majority of the land area of the refuge has been designated as wilderness and is known as the Chase Lake Wilderness. The refuge is one of the oldest in the U.S., having been set aside in 1908. The refuge has more breeding pairs of white pelicans than any other protected area in the U.S. Chase Lake NWR is managed through Arrowwwood National Wildlife Refuge Complex and in turn, a number of other refuges and wetland management districts are managed from Chase Lake including:

White pelicans nesting on an island in Chase Lake

Home to as many as 30,000 white pelicans, the wilderness preserves habitat for the largest single grouping of pelicans in North America. The pelicans have enjoyed a tremendous rebound from the 50 or so examples that existed in the region when first counted in 1908. Tending to nest on two large islands within the lake for protection from predators, some of the pelicans have been banded and these same birds have been found as far south as the Everglades in Florida during the winter months. Chase Lake is an alkaline lake and supports no fish species, so the pelicans rely on the plentiful tiger salamander as a food source. The white pelican is the largest of all pelicans; they can have a 10 foot (3 m) wingspan and weigh an average of 20 pounds.

Many other bird species can also be found here including herons, loons, ibises, ducks, geese, hawks and terns to name but a few. White-tailed deer, weasels, coyote and badger also inhabit the refuge.

External links

"Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
"USGS Lake Louise (ND)". TopoQuest. Retrieved 2008-06-29.

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

National Wildlife Refuges of the United States

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