Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge
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Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge is located in Linn County, Kansas along the Marais des Cygnes River. The 7,500 acre Refuge was established in 1992 to protect one of the northwesternmost examples of bottomland hardwood forest in the United States as well as the largest contiguous tract of bottomland hardwood forest in Kansas. Marais des Cygnes means "marsh of swans" in French. ()
Established: 1992 (32 years ago)Elevation: 771 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 38°13'27"N, 94°39'0"W
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