Upper Mississippi River
National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
51 East 4th Street
Winona, MN 55987
(507)
452-4232
UpperMississippiRiver@fws.gov
Click on picture for more information on Swan Watch Tour in November.
The Refuge Refuge Fact Sheet
is the longest wildlife refuge in the Continental United
States.
It extends 261 miles along the Mississippi River from the
Chippewa River in Wisconsin to nearly Rock Island, Illinois.
The Refuge was established in 1924 to protect bottomland
habitat for migratory birds and fish. The nearly 240,000 acre refuge
lies within Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois
and is divided into four management districts
Winona, Minnesota;
La Crosse, Wisconsin;
McGregor, Iowa;
Savanna, Illinois.
