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<p>add Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}<br /> <br /> [[File:Bison herd grazing at the National Bison Range.jpg|thumb|Bison herd grazing at the National Bison Range]]<br /> The &#039;&#039;&#039;National Bison Range Complex&#039;&#039;&#039; includes four [[National Wildlife Refuge]]s and the [[Northwest Montana Wetland Management District]], and is located in the northwestern region of [[Montana]] in the northwestern [[United States]].&lt;ref name=complex&gt;{{cite web|title=About the Complex|url=http://www.fws.gov/refuge/National_Bison_Range/About_the_Complex.html|work=National Bison Range|publisher=U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service|accessdate=February 22, 2014|date=January 23, 2014}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Administration==<br /> All of the refuges and associated lands are managed from headquarters at the [[National Bison Range]] by the [[United States Fish and Wildlife Service|US Fish and Wildlife Service]], an agency under the [[United States Department of the Interior|US Department of the Interior]]. The National Bison Range is located near [[Moiese, Montana|Moiese]], off [[U.S. Highway 93]], and north of [[Missoula, Montana|Missoula]].<br /> <br /> ==Geography==<br /> The different units are scattered throughout the [[Flathead Valley]], Mission Valley, and Pleasant Valley. They include habitats of open water and open [[grassland]]s, cliff tops and tree tops, pine groves, and [[quaking aspen]] groves. [[American bison|Bison]] herds are protected and supported within them.<br /> <br /> ===Protected areas===<br /> ;Refuges:<br /> *[[Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge]]<br /> *[[Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge]]<br /> *[[Pablo National Wildlife Refuge]]<br /> *[[Swan River National Wildlife Refuge]]<br /> ;Wetlands management:<br /> *[[Northwest Montana Wetland Management District]]<br /> :Administration:<br /> *[[National Bison Range]]<br /> <br /> The Ninepipe, Swan River, and Pablo National Wildlife Refuges are not permanently staffed. However, the Lost Trail Refuge and National Bison Range both have interpretive visitor centers and naturalists.<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *{{C|Bison herds}}<br /> *{{C|National Wildlife Refuges in Montana}}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[http://www.fws.gov/refuge/National_Bison_Range/About_the_Complex.html U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.gov: About the National Bison Range Complex]<br /> * {{Internet Archive short film|id=gov.fws.aws.2.5|name=National Bison Range Complex (2005)}}<br /> {{Commons category|position=left|National Bison Range}}<br /> <br /> {{Clear}}<br /> {{National Wildlife Refuges of the United States}}<br /> <br /> {{coord missing|Montana}}<br /> <br /> {{authority control}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:National Bison Range Complex| ]]<br /> [[Category:National Wildlife Refuges in Montana]]<br /> [[Category:Bison herds]]<br /> [[Category:Nature reserves in Montana]]<br /> [[Category:Protected areas of Flathead County, Montana]]<br /> [[Category:Protected areas of Lake County, Montana]]<br /> [[Category:Protected areas of Missoula County, Montana]]<br /> [[Category:Protected areas of Sanders County, Montana]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Montana-protected-area-stub}}</div>

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