Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge

Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge

Parks Directory of the United States / National Wildlife RefugesAddress:c/o Great River NWR
PO Box 88
Annada, MO 63330

Phone:573-847-2333
Fax:573-847-2269
Web: midwest.fws.gov/greatriver/info/clacan.htm
Established: 1964.
Location:50 miles northwest of Saint Louis, Missouri, beside the Mississippi River.
Facilities:Visitor contact station, viewing sites, auto tour route.
Activities:Educational programs, fishing, hunting, bicycling, berry and mushroom picking for personal consumption.
Special Features:Site provides seasonal wetlands and permanent marshes by actively manipulating water levels and vegetative growth, which re-creates the changing habitats important to many types of migratory birds.
Habitats: 3,750 acres of wetlands, impoundments, forests, grasslands, and crop fields.
Access: Open during daylight hours. Portions of the refuge are closed seasonally to the public based on waterfowl migrations.
Wild life: Bald eagle, king rail, shorebirds, bats, rabbits, deer, snakes, turtles, frogs.

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