Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge

Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge protects a vital prairie wetland corridor in North Dakota’s glacial drift prairie. Three lakes draw hundreds of thousands of migrating waterfowl, shorebirds, and songbirds twice a year. This refuge proves you don’t need mountains or ocean views to witness nature at scale—just timing, patience, and respect for working ecosystems. Rep a refuge where the drama happens overhead and the landscape does exactly what it’s supposed to do.