Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge
Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge
Lake Andes, SD 57356
Phone:605-487-7603
Fax:605-487-7604
Web: lakeandes.fws.gov
Established: 1936.
Location:Southern South Dakota.
Facilities:Visitor contact station, viewing sites, hiking trails.
Activities:Fishing, hiking, hunting, educational group tours (by prior arrangement).
Special Features:The refuge occupies the southern portion of the Prairie Pothole regions, known as the "Duck Factory" as many ducks rely on this habitat to raise their young.
Habitats: 5,638 acres of natural, shallow prairie lake and grasslands.
Access: Open year round during daylight hours.
Wild life: Colonial-nesting eared grebes, black terns, Franklin gulls, bald eagles, blue-winged teal, bobolinks, white-tailed deer, beaver, and muskrats.
See other parks in South Dakota.