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Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge
A U.S. refuge dedicated to the protection of rare habitats, birds, and fish, known for its undisturbed preglacial landscapes and karst topography.
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Located on the borders of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa, the Driftless Area was covered by mile-thick of ice over 10,000 years ago, covering more than 24,000 square miles of the the region we now know as America’s Midwest.
Today, dramatic landscape is covered in steep hills, deep river valleys, ridges covered in forests, Paleozoic Era bedrock, waterfalls fed by springs, cave systems, and cold-water trout streams. Surprisingly, the ecology of the area is more similar to the New England or Great Lakes region than the other Central Plain regions of the Midwest.
As a national park, the Driftless Rivers Area would protect a refuge for plants and animals in their natural habitat.
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Driftless Area National Wildlife Refuge Articles
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America’s Next National Park? Top Contenders for 2023
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