Download or read book Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge and Wetland Management District written by U. S. Fish U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-02 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the midst of 2.5 million people, down the road from the largest shopping mall in the nation, Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge is a small vestige of Minnesota wildness. Bald Eagles nest here, Woodcock preen, and Black-crowned Night Herons stand poised on the edge of ponds, still as statues, waiting for the glint of an unlucky fish. Waterfowl nest here, and Tundra Swans rest up from a long migration. River otters play, beavers build their meticulous and highly effective dams, and foxes den within a few miles of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota.