Big Muddy Speaker Series presents:
Squaw Creek - a B&B for birds
Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge preserves a unique and important slice of Missouri River habitat. This 7,350 acre refuge, part of the National Wildlife Refuge system, includes 3,400 acres of wetland habitat and lies adjacent to the Loess Hills.
These wetlands serve a crucial stopover point for waterfowl on their migration path. More than a million birds (especially snow geese and bald eagles) can be seen at various times during the migration. The wetlands combine several natural wetlands and several managed impoundments.
The channelization of the Missouri River and connected tributaries have reduced the amount of floodplain wetlands in the valley, making such refuges even more crucial for wildlife habitat. Wildlife Refuge Specialist Corey Kudrna will join us to discuss the importance of floodplain wetlands to the wildlife of the Missouri River valley.
Meet Your Presenter
Corey Kudrna
, Wildlife Refuge Specialist
Related Presentations
Resources & Links
Dig deeper for more info.
- Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge website. • Brochure (pdf) • Facebook
- Latest waterfowl counts at Squaw Creek
- Friends of Squaw Creek
- "Sandhill Crane People" - blog in MUddy Boots News
- "Conservationist tracks swan migration" - article in St. Joseph News-Press by Margaret Slayton, January 3, 2015
- "Birds win in fight over wind farm near northwest Missouri wildlife refuge" - article in KC Star by Donald Bradley, Sept. 22, 2014
- Cool snow geese video on Vimeo.
The Big Muddy Speakers Series in Kansas City
is hosted by these wonderful partners!
- Little Blue River Watershed Coalition
- Friends of Lakeside Nature Center
- Missouri River Relief
- Healthy Rivers Partnership
- Friends of Big Muddy
- Big Muddy National Fish & Wildlife Refuge
- Kansas City Digital Video
Thanks to all of our venue hosts for making this possible! Click here for a list of upcoming presentations» The Big Muddy Speaker Series is also held monthly in Rocheport and St. Charles.
Streaming Live!
Kansas City Digital Video is now streaming these presentations LIVE! Go here to connect during the presentation.
Recordings of Presentations
Kansas City Digital Video has been recording Big Muddy Speaker Series presentations. These are available on their website at this link. Some contain synchronized powerpoint presentations. We will be posting these to the archived presentation pages on bigmuddyspeakers.org. Thanks Micheal Morgan and crew for putting this important archive online!
The Big Muddy Speaker Series is partially funded by the Columbia Ecological Services Field Office (USFWS) and the Mo. Dept. of Conservation.
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