Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge
- Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge
The Alamosa National Wildlife Refuge is an 11,169 acre United States National Wildlife Refuge located in southern Colorado. The site is located in the San Luis Valley along the east side of the Rio Grande approximately 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Alamosa in Alamosa County. It is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service jointly with the Baca and Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuges. It was established in 1962 as a haven for migratory birds and other wildlife.
The site consists of wet meadows, river oxbows and riparian corridor primarily within the flood plain of the Rio Grande, and dry uplands vegetated with greasewood and saltbush. These areas support songbirds, water birds, raptors, mule deer, beaver and coyotes. Water from the Rio Grande is supplemented by water from the Closed Basin Project. The site includes a visitor center and two-mile roundtrip hiking trail. It is considered to be more wild and less intensely managed than the nearby Monte Vista refuge.
ee also
*List of National Wildlife Refuges
External links
* [http://alamosa.fws.gov/ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service official site of Alamosa/Baca/Monte Vista complex]
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