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Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge, located in south-central
North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, So ...
, was established in 1932 as a migratory bird refuge by President
Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933 and a member of the Republican Party, holding office during the onset of the Gr ...
. The refuge consists of a saline basin that is long and is appropriately named "Long Lake." Long Lake is relatively shallow; it is normally deep. During extended wet periods, Long Lake reaches depths up to . The shallow depths and lengths of meandering shoreline provide vast expanses of habitat that attract migrating and nesting species of
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,
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s, and rare migrant birds. In recognition of the Refuge's significance in the ongoing effort to conserve wild birds and their habitat, Long Lake was designated as a " Globally Important Bird Area" in 2001. Also, due to the special importance of Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge to migrating shorebirds, the Refuge was recently recognized as a " Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network" site.


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Refuge website
{{authority control Important Bird Areas of North Dakota National Wildlife Refuges in North Dakota Protected areas of Kidder County, North Dakota Protected areas of Burleigh County, North Dakota Protected areas established in 1932