Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge
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IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
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| Location | Moffat County, Colorado, United States |
| Nearest city | Craig |
| Coordinates | 40°49′30″N 108°57′0″W / 40.82500°N 108.95000°WCoordinates: 40°49′30″N 108°57′0″W / 40.82500°N 108.95000°W |
| Area | 13,450 acres (54.4 km2) |
| Established | 1965 |
| Governing body | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Website | Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge |
Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge is a 13,450-acre (5,440 ha) U.S. National Wildlife Refuge located in northwestern Colorado. It is located in Moffat County in the extreme northwestern corner of the state, in an isolated mountain valley of Browns Park on both sides of the Green River, approximately 25 miles (40 km) below Flaming Gorge Dam. Established in 1965, the refuge is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service office in Maybell, Colorado. The refuge is approximately 53 miles (85 km) northwest of Maybell on State Highway 318. The refuge consists of bottomland and adjacent benchland. The western border of the refuge is the Colorado-Utah state line. The refuge is surrounded by adjacent lines of the Bureau of Land Management. The refuge contains the site of the former Fort Davy Crockett constructed in 1837 to protect trappers against attacks by Blackfoot Native Americans.
The acquisition of the refuge lands was approved by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission on August 20, 1963 in order to develop and manage waterfowl habitat in that portion of Browns Park within the state of Colorado. The private land was purchased with funds from the Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act. The first tract of private land was acquired on July 13, 1965. As of 2005, 5,356 acres (2,167 ha) have been purchased at a cost of $622,976, 6,794 acres (2,749 ha) have been withdrawn from public domain lands, and 1,305 acres (528 ha) are leased from the state of Colorado (state school sections). There is one private inholding on the refuge, a 200-acre (81 ha) tract of grassland and cottonwood groves located at the southeast end of the refuge.
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