A redhead duck runs across the water on takeoff

Appert Lake

National Wildlife Refuge (Limited Interest)

A private landowner or other entity controls public access.

C/O Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Moffit, ND 58560-9740

Plan Your Visit

This limited-interest national wildlife refuge is not Federal land. The purpose of limited-interest national wildlife refuges is to provide habitat and breeding grounds for migrating waterfowl, shorebird, grassland-nesting birds, and other wildlife.

Limited-interest Refuges Conservation Plan

The management of limited-interest national wildlife refuges is set by the Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment – North Dakota Limited-interest National Wildlife Refuges. This comprehensive conservation plan was developed to guide the future management of these limited-interest national wildlife refuges and to develop a better partnership with current landowners. This limited-interest refuge is managed out of Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge, for further questions, contact here.

Safety Policies

For emergencies: 911

About

Limited-interest national wildlife refuges are different from other national wildlife refuges. They were created in the 1930s and 1940s in response to declining waterfowl populations and the need to get people back to work during the Great Depression. During these years, hundreds of landowners signed up for easements on their lands in exchange for jobs in their communities and water conservation measures on their lands. Today, these lands, which have easements on them, continue to protect wildlife and habitat, but the land is not federally owned. It remains in private or state ownership. The private landowner or other entity, not the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, controls access to these lands.

Appert Lake National Wildlife Refuge (Limited Interest)

C/O Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Moffit, ND 58560-9740

MountainPrairieNWRS@fws.gov

This limited-interest refuge is managed out of Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge, for further questions, contact here.