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Pathfinder National Wildlife Refuge
Alerts and conditions
All clear. The managing agency, the National Weather Service and wildfire reporting show no current alerts.
History
The designation history for this site (every law, proclamation and order, and the administration behind each) is being researched and checked by the Library’s historians.
The Roosevelt connection
Protected by T.R.
- February 25, 1909: as President, Theodore Roosevelt set aside Pathfinder Reservation (federal bird reservation). Pathfinder Reservoir on the North Platte; revoked in 1922 but restored as a bird refuge in 1928.
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What to see and do
Plan your visit
Check the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for current hours, fees and access.
Whose lands these are
These lands are the ancestral and present-day homelands of Native nations. A section on whose lands these are is being prepared with tribal review. In the meantime, Native Land Digital offers a starting point.
Pair it with
- California National Historic Trail NPS · 88 miles
- Medicine Bow National Forest USFS · 93 miles
- Bamforth National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 102 miles
- Sheep Mountain Game Refuge National Game Refuge USFS · 102 miles
- Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 108 miles
- Hutton Lake National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 113 miles