Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

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Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 44°37′49″N 111°46′53″W / 44.63028°N 111.78139°W

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Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)


Location	Beaverhead County, Montana, United States
Nearest city	Dillon, MT
Coordinates	44°37′49″N 111°46′53″W / 44.63028°N 111.78139°W / 44.63028; -111.78139
Area	65,810.25 acres (266.32 km²)
Established	1932
Governing body	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Website	Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge

U.S. National Natural Landmark
Designated	1966

Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge is a remote refuge located in the high elevation of the Centennial Valley, in the southwestern region of the U.S. state of Montana. Adjacent to Gallatin National Forest and near Yellowstone National Park, the refuge is an integral part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Red Rock Lakes is best known for being the primary location for the efforts saving the trumpeter swan from extinction, which by 1932 had fewer than 200 known specimens in the United States and Canada. By the year 2002, an estimated 3,000 trumpeters were wintering on the refuge, many having migrated south from their summer range in Canada. The trumpeters are now so plentiful that efforts are being undertaken to help them reestablish historical migratory routes to areas further south in the Rocky Mountains and the Great Basin region. The elegant trumpeter swan is North America's largest waterfowl, with a wingspans of 8 feet (2.6 m) and they can weigh up to 30 pounds (13 kg).

The elevation of the refuge ranges from 6,600 feet (2,000 m) to almost 10,000 feet (3,000 m) and consists of 65,810.25 acres (266.32 km²)^[1] of high elevation prairie and forested uplands. The lakes and cold water marshlands provide a relatively uncommon wetland environment favored by certain waterfowl and predatory birds such as the bald eagle and peregrine falcon. There have been sightings of over 250 different bird species in the refuge and over 100 different species are known to nest here. There are reportedly 20 nesting pairs of bald eagles on the refuge, and there have been several sightings of the endangered whooping crane. Numerous mammals can also be found here such as the American black bear, the Rocky Mountain elk, moose, mule deer, pronghorn, beaver, mink and badger. It is also believed that the grizzly bear and wolf packs may frequent the refuge, and wolverine have been recorded.

The refuge has been designated a National Natural Landmark^[2] and the creation of the 32,350 acre (130.1 km²) Red Rock Lakes Wilderness in 1976 ensures that no further human improvements will be undertaken on the vast bulk of the refuge land. There are no maintained trails in the refuge and access to some areas is prohibited during certain times of the year. The refuge is staffed year round but accessibility to the refuge in the winter is often difficult. Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge is located 28 miles (45 km) east of Monida, Montana off Interstate 15.

Climate

Climate data for Red Rock (RAWS), Montana, 1991–2020 normals: 6690ft (2039m)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)	24.8 (−4.0)	29.6 (−1.3)	39.8 (4.3)	47.1 (8.4)	57.9 (14.4)	67.1 (19.5)	77.4 (25.2)	76.5 (24.7)	66.2 (19.0)	51.2 (10.7)	35.8 (2.1)	25.4 (−3.7)	49.9 (9.9)
Daily mean °F (°C)	13.7 (−10.2)	16.7 (−8.5)	27.0 (−2.8)	35.1 (1.7)	44.8 (7.1)	52.7 (11.5)	60.4 (15.8)	59.1 (15.1)	50.1 (10.1)	37.8 (3.2)	24.5 (−4.2)	14.8 (−9.6)	36.4 (2.4)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)	2.4 (−16.4)	3.8 (−15.7)	14.3 (−9.8)	23.2 (−4.9)	31.8 (−0.1)	38.4 (3.6)	43.5 (6.4)	41.7 (5.4)	34.1 (1.2)	24.3 (−4.3)	13.2 (−10.4)	4.1 (−15.5)	22.9 (−5.0)
Source: XMACIS2^[3]

References

^ USFWS Lands Report, 30 September 2007
^ "National Natural Landmarks - National Natural Landmarks (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2019-03-22. Year designated: 1976
^ "xmACIS2". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved November 21, 2023.

External links

"Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Retrieved 2006-08-16.
"The Trumpeter Swan". Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Archived from the original on 2006-07-16. Retrieved 2006-08-16.
Red Rock Lakes NWR gallery by USFWS

Protected areas of Montana

Federal

National parks	Glacier Yellowstone
National monuments	Little Bighorn Battlefield Pompeys Pillar (BLM) Upper Missouri River Breaks (BLM)
National battlefield	Big Hole
National historical parks and historic sites	Grant–Kohrs Ranch NHS Nez Perce NHP
National historic and scenic trails	Lewis and Clark NHT Nez Perce NHT Continental Divide NST Pacific Northwest NST
National recreation area	Bighorn Canyon
National Wildlife Refuges	Benton Lake Black Coulee Bowdoin Charles M. Russell Creedman Coulee Grass Lake Hailstone Hewitt Lake Lake Mason Lake Thibadeau Lamesteer Lee Metcalf Lost Trail Medicine Lake Ninepipe Pablo Red Rock Lakes Swan River UL Bend War Horse
National Forests	Beaverhead–Deerlodge Bitterroot Custer Flathead Gallatin Helena Kootenai Lewis and Clark Lolo
National Wilderness	Absaroka–Beartooth Anaconda–Pintler Bear Trap Canyon Bob Marshall Cabinet Mountains Gates of the Mountains Great Bear Lee Metcalf Medicine Lake Mission Mountains Rattlesnake Red Rock Lakes Scapegoat Selway–Bitterroot UL Bend Welcome Creek
National wild and scenic rivers	East Rosebud Creek Flathead Missouri

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State parks	Ackley Lake Anaconda Smoke Stack Bannack Beaverhead Rock Beavertail Hill Big Arm Black Sandy Brush Lake Chief Plenty Coups Clark's Lookout Cooney Council Grove Elkhorn Finley Fish Creek First Peoples Buffalo Jump Fort Owen Frenchtown Pond Giant Springs Granite Ghost Town Greycliff Prairie Dog Town Hell Creek Lake Elmo Lake Mary Ronan Les Mason Lewis and Clark Caverns Logan Lone Pine Lost Creek Madison Buffalo Jump Makoshika Medicine Rocks Milltown Missouri Headwaters Painted Rocks Parker Homestead Pictograph Cave Pirogue Island Placid Lake Rosebud Battlefield Salmon Lake Sluice Boxes Smith River Somers Beach Spring Meadow Lake Thompson Falls Tongue River Reservoir Tower Rock Travelers' Rest Wayfarers West Shore Whitefish Lake Wild Horse Island Yellow Bay
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Wildlife Management Areas	Amelia Island Aunt Molly Badlands Beartooth Beckman Big Lake Blackfoot-Clearwater Blackleaf Blue Eyed Nellie Bowdoin Buffalo Head Park Bull River Calf Creek Canyon Creek Canyon Ferry Dodson Creek Dodson Dam Dome Mountain Ear Mountain Elk Island F Island Flathead Lake Flathead River Fleecer Mountain Fox Lake Freezout Lake Fresno Reservoir Fresno Tailwater Gallatin Garrity Mountain Grant Marsh Gravelly-Blacktail Haymaker Hinsdale Horseshoe Lake Howard Valley Isaac Homestead Judith River Kootenai/Falls Kootenai/West Kootenai/Woods Ranch Lake Helena Lost Creek Lower Stillwater Lake Madison-Bear Creek Madison-Wall Creek Milk River Mount Haggin Mount Jumbo Mount Silcox Nevada Lake Ninepipe North Swan Valley CE Pablo Ray Kuhns Robb-Ledford Rookery Roundhom Sanders Seven Sisters Silver Gate Silver Run Smith River Sun River Swan Lake Thompson-Fisher CE Three Mile Threemile Vandalia War Dance Island Warm Springs

Other

Nonprofit	American Prairie
Tribal	CSKT Bison Range

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