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The Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge is 42,724 acres of forest, marshes, lakes and rivers. The abundant wildlife includes deer, eagles, trumpeter swans, black bear and beaver.
Vast stands of wild rice, a staple for waterfowl as well as man, line the shores of the lakes and rivers beginning in July.
The forests and waters of Tamarac are home to an expanding bald eagle population and sightings are common during the breeding season.
A nesting population of trumpeter swans are present following a reintroduction program that began in 1987. The numbers of wild turkeys are also increasing following reintroduction. Migration of songbirds, especially neotropical migrants, can be spectacular in mid- to late May.
Waterfowl migration is best viewed in late fall, when ducks and geese pass through and rafts of diving ducks may be seen on Tamarac's larger lakes.
The refuge's most reclusive residents are black bear, river otter, fisher, moose and timber wolf.
Tamarac, in northwest Minnesota, is about 55 miles east of Fargo, N.D. and 18 miles northeast of Detroit Lakes, Minn.
A visitor center offers great views of the refuge, and a theater presentation details the ecosystem and legends of this unique area.
The visitor center is open weekdays year-round, and also during weekends during summer and fall.
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